UPDATED: Panic as traders clash in Edo market

There was panic on Saturday morning at the New Benin Market area of Benin City, Edo State capital, as angry youths, mainly traders, went on a rampage after an Igbo trader was allegedly attacked with a machete by another trader of northern extraction during a fracas.

The trouble was said to have started after a brief argument between the two traders. The Igbo trader was said to have ordered the Hausa trader to leave the front of his stall. The Hausa trader, who felt slighted, allegedly drew his machete and inflicted several cuts on the Igbo trader. A viral video making the rounds on social media shows angry youths in a wild protest as they pounced on the suspected assailant.

As of the time of filing in this report, a combined team of armed security personnel made up of military and police had taken over the troubled commercial area.

Tell the world the truth you evil Nigeria journalist .😡Hausa man beheaded 2 Igbos in Benin

Aren't you people ashamed a big institution allowing themselves to be paid millions to post nonsense and disseminate lies and fake information PeterObi NgLabour

Wrong head line. It was said that one Muslim man killed a Christian woman in new benin market. Period

Sometimes am disappointed by the press. In a country undergoing high level of ethnic divide, some news are not supposed to be made public. Like what are u trying to achieve by publishing this besides according to u the police have taken up the matter.

Fake headline , is hausa traders n Igbo traders

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