The Lagos State Public Police Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin has said that reports of the alleged attack on Igbo traders in the state on Monday morning are fake.
The PPRO stated this while reacting to reports of the alleged attacks on some traders in Lagos Island by hoodlums over the electoral victory of the presidential candidate of Labour Party (LP) Peter Obi
Raye24reporters reports that Lagos State is regarded as the stronghold of the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu considering that he was a former governor of the state.
Narrating what happened at the market on Monday, Hundeyin via his verified Twitter handle said: “The market association agreed that shops would remain closed yesterday and today. Igbo traders this morning decided to renege on the agreement and open shops. Some hoodlums took it upon themselves to enforce compliance. The police was alerted.
The police arrived promptly. The hoodlums fled upon sighting police patrol vans. Not one shop was vandalized. Not one person was robbed. Not one person was injured. Normalcy was swiftly returned and officers remain on ground. Go and verify! SHUN FAKE NEWS!”
