There was pandemonium in the Mile 12 area of Lagos on Monday when some Hausa traders went on the rampage and reportedly engaged soldiers in a clash. According to eyewitnesses, the confusion started at about 2pm when the traders were chased out of the Ikorodu Road by the soldiers.
Punch correspondent gathered that the soldiers, who were in a patrol van, had stopped to rid the road of traders, who were selling their wares and causing gridlock. The Hausa traders were parts of the “offenders”.
It was gathered that the Hausa traders, allegedly resisted the soldiers and engaged them in a fight.
A shop owner in the area, who identified herself simply as Adejoke, said the clash compounded the traffic snarl in the area for about an hour, as many people fled.
She said, “Some Hausa traders started the fight in the afternoon. The soldiers sent everybody away from the road, but they refused to leave. No vehicle or bus could drive pass as the Hausa traders threatened pedestrians and commercial drivers with cutlasses.”
Punch correspondent gathered that the rampaging traders also prevented passengers from boarding vehicles of the Bus Rapid Transit scheme. The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, said he would get back to our correspondent. He, however, had yet to get back as of press time.
-Punch
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