The Lagos State Police Command has given reasons it suspects to be responsible for the attack on Igbo traders in Lagos markets.
According to the spokesperson of the
Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, the development could be because those attacked reneged on agreement to close markets in the state for two days.
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He said in response to an alert to that Igbo traders were being attacked.
A Twitter user @VictorIsrael_,had tweeted: “Emergency information.
“APC thugs are on the rampage on the streets of Lagos because Peter Obi won Tinubu.
“In Abibu Oki street off Broad Street in Mandilas market Lagos island, they are chasing the Igbos, robbing them and destroying properties.”
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However, quoting the tweet, Hundeyin said that the market association agreed that the shops would remain closed Sunday and Monday and the attack could be by those trying to enforce the agreement.
He wrote: “This is fake news. 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 were 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!”
