The party stated this while condemning what it called the barbaric and unprovoked burning of suspected hoodlums, alleging however that suspects are agents of the All Progressives Congress .
The PDP, in a statement by its national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, also decried the heartless killing of 65 years old Baba Hakeem, security guard at the market, who was reportedly shot dead by the arsonists before touching the market to destroy goods worth hundreds of millions of Naira and devastate the lives and means of livelihood of innocent, hard-working Nigerians.
“Our Party is shocked by reports in the media that after the announcement of the loss of the APC in the Presidential election in Lagos State the arsonists last Thursday made attempt to set the market on fire but were resisted by security guards in the area who were shot in the leg by the assailants.