There was Pandemonium Alaba International Market, Lagos, today, Wednesday as traders clashed with hoodlums demanding levies.
Raye24reporters, understands that the fight broke out when the hoodlums approached the traders to collect levies as usual.
The traders, who always complain about what they describe as illegal tax, were said to have resisted the payment, thereby leading to the clash.
In a video of the clash sighted online, there was commotion as some persons brandished weapons.
Shops were also shut, while people took cover to avoid being caught up in the violence.
The police public relations officer in the state, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who reacted to the incident, said normalcy had been restored to the market but did not state whether casualties were recorded.
He said, “Alaba International Market is calm. Normalcy has been restored. @rrslagos767 and men of Ojo Division are on ground, under the supervision of Area Commander Festac, ACP Igbafe Afegbai. There is no cause for alarm as monitoring continues.”
Meanwhile, a trader, Kehinde Omoniru lamented that the police arrived late at the market to quell the violence, Vanguard reported.
He said: “I can confidently confirm their presence in the market. But oga Ben, your men no try at all, since morning that the market has been under fire with gunshots and rain of broken bottles, they just came around 13:43hr.”
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