A trader, Achuku Ezenwa, who witnessed what led to the shooting, narrated the incident to journalists on Wednesday.
Mr Ezenwa said the market officials explained that they needed to finish with the person before him and this led to an argument. “The officer left and after 10 minutes, he came back with OP Mesa and they started shooting,” he said. The Rule of Law And Accountability Advocacy Centre in a statement on Wednesday urged the Lagos state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, to look into the crisis.Okechukwu Nwanguma, the executive director of RULAAC, said news of the attack and use of lethal weapons on traders is disturbing.
“The exact details of what actually led to the shooting need to be investigated. But we are concerned about the involvement of military personnel in what appears to be a civil dispute and the use of lethal weapons on unarmed civilians,” the group said. “A call was put across by traders on a fight going on between a soldier of the Nigerian Army and a civilian debtor. Upon receipt of the call, the team moved to the market but was attacked by angry traders who pelted stones at them.
Traders killed and they still shut down the market thereby inflicting more hardship on the traders and their families. How about going after the killer NAF personnel.
“Firstly, NAF personnel did not kill anyone. Moreover, it was one person that died not three...'
Fulani herdsmen bandits terrorists are killing, nigeria army is killing. Police is killing
Shut down? Let us know when they 'shoot it up', okwaya?
Better 419 criminals too many I that market...
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