Four killed in Lagos pandemonium…Police declare Prosperous Ariori Golden Venture CEO wanted

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Pandemonium broke out in Owode Onirin, Kosofe Local Government Area of Lagos State, following a bloody clash between land grabbers and traders, which left three persons dead.

Others, including a policeman, sustained injuries.

Meanwhile, business activities at Balogun Market, Lagos Island, were brought to a standstill yesterday, when a fight between two market runners spiralled into a violent confrontation that left one person dead and several others injured.

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However, the Lagos State Police Command has clarified that the Balogun incident was not a tribal clash but a fight involving miscreants and hoodlums around the market.

Vanguard gathered that a man, being escorted into Lagos by armed men, allegedly directed some hoodlums to forcibly evacuate shop owners and mechanics in a bid to take over the area. Resistance by traders and mechanics triggered a free-for-all, during which eyewitnesses said three traders were shot dead and others were injured.

The violence prompted angry traders to block the road in and out of Owode Onirin to protest the killings.

Commenting on the crisis, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, explained that the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Olohundare Moshood, led a combined team of operatives, including personnel from the Operations Department, Mobile Police, Rapid Response Squad, tactical squads, and detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, to the affected area.

He said normalcy had been restored and the roads reopened to traffic and lawful business.