Commercial activities in the Oluwole Market in Ogba, Ojodu Local Council Development Area of Lagos State were grounded on Friday morning as Yoruba and Hausa clashed.

It was learnt that the clash ensued on Thursday night when a young man simply identified as Abbey settled a quarrel between two Hausa men and was allegedly stabbed by an unidentified man, leaving him in a pool of blood.

According to eyewitness accounts, Abbey was said to be bleeding profusely before he gave up the ghost, sparking a reprisal between Yoruba and Hausa in the area.

The reprisal attack led to the destruction of food items including peppers, onions, and sold by Hausa traders.

Our correspondent who visited the scene saw police vans patrolling the market in an attempt to stem the clash and restore normalcy.

Calls made to the line of the Lagos State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, were not answered.

“Sorry, I can’t take this call right now,” he wrote in response to a text sent to his on the incident.

History555:
No respect for their host and accomodators

History555:
No respect for their host and accomodators

brunobaba:
These Hausa people can cause trouble,they are never good visitors,you cannot try it with them in their own states ooo.
I served in Sokoto and i know how cautious other tribes are around them.
But they will come to your state,try to dominate and keep causing wahala.
Wherever they are gathered,they make the place so dirty...such cruel people.

UnknownT:
Each time there's a tribal clash in any part of Lagos especially the markets, it's always between Yorubas and Hausas. I have never read that Igbos and their hosts clashed but each time, the Igbos are painted as the troublesome hosts that don't regard their hosts.

matify83:
This seems to be a recurring theme every now and then.

How does an "arbiter" suddenly become the object of attack ?

UnknownT:
Each time there's a tribal clash in any part of Lagos especially the markets, it's always between Yorubas and Hausas. I have never read that Igbos and their hosts clashed but each time, the Igbos are painted as the troublesome hosts that don't regard their hosts.