Police douse tension as hoodlums set Lagos market on fire

Police officers intervened successful a clash betwixt immoderate youths and hoodlums successful the Ile-Epo, Abule Egba country of Lagos State.

The Lagos constabulary spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, successful a connection posted via X connected Thursday, said that the divisional constabulary serviceman heading the axis led information operatives to the country and doused the situation.

Arrests

The constabulary said that astatine slightest 50 suspects person been arrested.

“Over 50 suspects person truthful acold been arrested portion the shanties they occupied person been destroyed, efficaciously dislodging them,” the spokesperson said.

“The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Adegoke Fayoade, has directed the punctual prosecution of the arrested hoodlums and has arsenic warned that the Command would decisively woody with anyone recovered breaching the peace, successful accordance with the law.

“Meanwhile, the Assistant Commissioner of Police (Operations), Area Commander Alagbado and different Divisional Police Officers nether the Area Command are presently connected crushed to forestall further breakdown of instrumentality and order,” helium said.

Back story

According to TheCablenewspaper, a trader played a betting crippled and won immoderate money.

However, erstwhile the trader walked to the Lotto vendor to assertion his wealth connected Wednesday, determination was a disagreement implicit the nonstop magnitude won.

The disagreement led to a heated quality betwixt the trader and the lotto vendor. It snowballed into an taste squabble and a free-for-all fight, which hoodlums hijacked.

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Traders and customers scampered for information arsenic occurrence was acceptable to a conception of the market.

Shops were looted and burnt. The faceoff continued until the constabulary intervened connected Thursday.