The leadership of Alaba International Market on Thursday justified why it shut down the market following Wednesday’s clash between traders and tax collectors.

The PUNCH reports that one person was feared killed and several others injured on Wednesday when traders clashed with some tax collectors, aka agberos, at the Alaba International Market, in the Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State.

The warring factions, who were in their hundreds, deployed different weapons, including stones, cutlasses, wood and axes, during the affray.

A video clip seen by our correspondent on social media and confirmed to be from the clash, showed the two groups hurling cudgels at one another.

But in a statement on Thursday, the Alaba International Amalgamated Traders association said the need to protect lives and properties informed their decision to shut down the market.

“The extreme extortion going on, especially between Volkswagen bus stop and Alaba market is becoming so unbearable as traders are made to pay a fully cleared container or a truck a whooping sum of N70,000 to N100,000 before they can be allowed to convey their goods to the market; it is the same for those supplying goods from their warehouses.

“For traders who cannot afford or who hesitate to pay are either beaten up or wounded. Sadly enough, only yesterday we woke up to the information that a new loading point was to be instituted on the already constricted Alaba road which has already been taken over by petty traders who were given portions to display wares to the detriment of existing shop owners, also completely defacing this market of international repute.

“To ensure this issue was handled amicably, the Alaba amalgamated leaders quickly contacted the executive chairman of Ojo Local Government who promised to call them to order, we also contacted the interim caretaker committee chairman who also promised to call them to order but surprisingly on Tuesday the 19TH of October we were greeted with chaos in our market as hoodlums that we cannot quantify trooped into the market with guns, machete, and other dangerous weapons; shooting and maiming both buyers and traders who are doing their legitimate business to the extent that some were killed and several other wounded.

“To this end, we want to say enough is enough! The Alaba international market traders association has decided to shut down the entire market till further notice to avoid further loss of lives and property and will remain shut till:

“These criminals are arrested and brought to justice. The Removal of all kiosks/petty traders causing blockade along Alaba international market road. That all toll collection points will be at the Volkswagen bus stop and the chemists’ bus stop. The Reduction in outrageous fees collected from containers, trucks, and other vehicles,”.

https://punchng.com/why-alaba-market-was-shut-down-traders/

Good decision

No problem then

Chai

We know too well who will suffer for it..



Pay ur due.... Be4 these guys kill all...


Lagos needs more infrastructures.

Abdul05:

You want to wail ?

Go try collect money from traders next time in the name of Owo mida .

Make the use you do suya

So the traders closed the market?
. This is election session money is needed, peace is all we need

ATIKU IS COMING

Abdul05:
We know too well who will suffer for it..



Pay ur due....

Which due ?

I support this. The Lagos state Government needs to address this menace of agbero collecting money from junction to junction this are not MC parks and garage guys just some lazy street boys

Bontafa:


You want to wail ?

Go try collect money from traders next time in the name of Owo mida .

Make the use you do suya

Government doesn't care if ur type is killed or not...


Lagos needs more infrastructures

After extorting hardworking people of their hard-earned money they will start boasting how Lagos generate 1trillion naira monthly IGR and stuppiid urchinsons will start maturating with their tiny dicccks..

Abdul05:



Government doesn't care if ur type is killed or not

See the pics below of one Owo mi da urchin below.

Do any how on election day

na me go post your dead body move am to front page

Bontafa:


See the pics below of one Owo mi da urchin below.

Do any how on election day

na me go post your dead body move am to front page

Stop fooling urself with this...

Read the news again several eebos were killed and wounded

Abdul05:


Read the news again several eebos were killed and wounded

I dey tell you how omonile will be treated

Bontafa:


I dey tell you how omonile will be treated

About 4 ibos were killed ...

Abdul05:


About 4 ibos were killed ...

Hope you see the pics .

Just write your will keep if you near ballot box

Asiwaju is a bastard.

Imagine an automatic urinating machine telling people they will labor in vain.

Person when all e money don finish for pampers and cocaine

Where are the "Ragos is no man's land'' crews
If any P1ggyyeasters protest the closure of the market Oba Akinolu should direct them to lagoon

Bontafa:


Hope you see the pics .

Just write your will keep if you near ballot box

Who cares about the biafrans ..those guy killed many of the traders

and No single one of them has been arrested.. ;

what a luck boys...

Abdul05:



Who cares about the biafrans ..those guy killed many of the traders and no one has been arrested.. what a luck boys

Go try Owo mi da na

Abdul05:
We know too well who will suffer for it..



Pay ur due....


Lagos needs more infrastructures.

don't mind them, they do worse in onitsa oh, now they want to be forming jagaban for Lagos. If na Kano, those one will not even ask you to pay anything, they will just acuse you of blasphemy, na there e go end.

ALLNIGERIANSMAD:
don't mind them, they do worse in onitsa oh, now they want to be forming jagaban for Lagos. If na Kano, those one will not even ask you to pay anything, they will just acuse you of blasphemy, na there e go end.

Good

Thank you bro,