Lagos State government has threatened to shut down
the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market if the
crisis rocking the market is not resolved.
The executive secretary of Mushin local government
area, Mr. Babajide Bello who dangled the axe while
speaking with journalists in Lagos said the government
would have no option than to shut the market if the
crisis rocking the auto spare parts market persists.
Bello said he could not fold his hands and watch total
breakdown of law and order in Mushin by the warring
factions, saying he was aware of the lingering crisis in
the market and was ready to arrest the situation so
that it will not escalate.
The local council boss said he has invited the two
parties involved in the matter, the executives of the
traders and Monday Lawrence, the leader of
cemetery workers, for discussion.
Bello pointed out that he was aware that the
cemetery was contracted to Lawrence but did not
know if the contract involved collection of tolls in the
market on behalf of Mushin LGA.
He said the warring factions were of Igbo extraction
and could not understand why they could not resolve
their areas of disagreement amicably without resorting
to violence.
The crisis is between the traders under the umbrella of
Ladipo Central Executive Committee, LACEC, led by
Comrade Kinsley Ogunor and cemetery workers led by
Monday Lawrence has engrossed the market for more
than one week.

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Adeyeancah:

Bello pointed out that he was aware that the
cemetery was contracted to Lawrence but did not
know if the contract involved collection of tolls in the
market on behalf of Mushin LGA.

How can the Executive Secretary of a Local Government not know this? This Bello is not telling us the truth.

Let them shut the market for week