There was a reported misunderstanding between two traders in the market and the hoodlums who usually milled around the market area wanted to take advantage of that to foment trouble.
In the ensuing melee, one person who was reportedly stabbed with a knife sustained serious injury and was taken to Adewole Cottage Hospital for treatment. According to an eyewitness, two traders engaged in violent fight over minor trading and bargaining issues over sugarcane, and freely used dangerous weapons such as knives to fight each other.Mobile policemen and men of the NSCDC who were drafted to the scene of the crisis later restored normalcy to the market.
The spokesmen of the police and NSCDC in the state, Okasanmi Ajayi and Babawale Afolabi respectively confirmed the incident. They said that no life was lost in the crisis.