Atleast Three Persons Were Killed in the Mile 12 Crisis Yesterday

   

At least three persons were confirmed dead in the communal clash at Mile 12 Market in the city of Lagos yesterday.

The clash which grounded business activities and hampered traffic flow for over three hours reportedly started on Wednesday night.

Several persons including police officers were also injured, just as buildings were razed.

Trouble started on Thursday morning after members of the Hausa community in the market stormed the Agiliti area to avenge the death of a motorcyclist.

It was also learnt that the unnamed motorcyclist was assaulted with a cutlass by a Yoruba man and he died on Thursday morning.

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The deceased Hausa man reportedly had an altercation with hoodlums and as he tried to drive off, he unknowingly hit the woman and following his refusal to part with ‘ticket money’, he was allegedly beaten up by the hoodlums who saw the accident as an opportunity to strike.

This attracted the fury of his colleagues and kinsmen who engaged the hoodlums in a free for all.

But the news of his death on Thursday morning allegedly reignited the fight with some mercenaries imported through the PSP truck as vehicles were vandalised, shops looted as people rushed into moving vehicles just to leave the scene of the crisis.

Firemen trying to put off an inferno were stopped by the hoodlums.

It took the intervention of soldiers who came to the area in three vans before peace could be restored to the area.

Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has however ordered immediate closure of the market and imposed curfew in some of the volatile areas.

As at this morning. people could be seen in groups discussing the damage done.

Governor Ambode is said to have held a meeting with community leaders.