Saturday, 24 February 2024 - One person was reportedly killed while many others were injured as Yoruba youths and Hausa traders clashed at the Oluwole Market in the Ogba area of Lagos State.
Though
the cause of the clash cannot be independently confirmed, sources said that the
crisis started on Thursday night, February 22, 2024 and continued on Friday.
The deceased person, simply identified as Abbey, was said to have been injured during the clash.
According
to the Daily Trust, the clash ensued when the deceased settled a quarrel
between two Hausa men and was allegedly stabbed by an unidentified person,
leaving him in a pool of blood.
It
was gathered that the young man bled profusely before he gave up the ghost,
sparking a reprisal between Yoruba and Hausa in the area.
The reprisal attack led to the destruction of food items including peppers, and onions, sold by Hausa traders.
Commercial
activities in the market were also crippled.
A
resident of Ogba, who simply identified himself as Christopher, told the
Nigerian Tribune; "We just got the information on Thursday night that we
should stay away from the Oluwole Market area,”
"We
thought that everything had been settled but today, they started again and
started throwing different dangerous objects at one another"Many
people, who had earlier opened their shops quickly closed their shops but they
have opened now
“It took the intervention of policemen from the RRS (Rapid Response Squad) to douse the tension."
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