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An unidentified trader has been shot dead during a clash between police officers and traders at Alaba Rago market, Ojo LGA, Lagos.

January 17, 2023 10:45 PM

An unidentified trader has been shot dead during a clash between police officers and traders at Alaba Rago market in Ojo LGA of Lagos stateTheCable understands that police officers attached to Okokomaiko division visited the market on Tuesday to arrest a suspect. The suspect wanted by the police officers was said to have resisted arrest and some traders allegedly backed the suspect’s action.

The incident was said to have led to a clash between the police officers and the traders during which a police officer allegedly fired gunshots.said the police officers who came to the market to effect an arrest were attacked by a “large number of traders”. “Policemen of Okokomaiko Division today went into Alaba Rago Market to effect arrest of a suspect but came under heavy attack from a large number of traders,” Hundeyin wrote.

 

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