Tension heightened at the Ladipo Auto Spare Parts market over the weekend as officials of the Lagos State Government shut down Bakassi section of the market.
TCMN source was told that the shutting down of the market was sequel to a demolition order given by the state government to the traders and that more sections of the market might be shut before Friday.
To forestall any breakdown of law and order, armed policemen and soldiers were stationed.
A source at the Lagos State Ministry of Urban Planning confirmed to our reporter that the market was actually shut down by officials of the ministry and insisted that the traders were served prior notices before the closure of the market.
The Igbo traders described the closure of the market as a "witch-hunt from the state government officials." The question on one of the lips is "How can they close only the Bakassi section, when others who are not of Igbo tribe are allowed to do their business? That is not fair, they are only witch-hunting us", a trader said.
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