Alabaintprice:


Take this comment I'm dropping here to any part of Nigeria as a proof.

The Lagos government and the entire Nigerian federation can never shut down ALABA INTERNATIONAL MARKET.

They don't have the power to.

Do you think it's easy to take away what feeds them?

Grow up stupid. You should be wiser than this.

ednut1:
Two wrongs don’t make a right. These agbero tax collectors are a menace in lagos . Even people hawking coke with little profits get taxed daily. But this thing these traders did cannot be tolerated in onitsha or kano

uche393:
This might be a political instigated violence and it won't Favour Tinubu. election season in Nigeria is a time for carefulness in every aspect.

INDOMIE9090:

You said more than that before ladipo market was shut down twice during fashola regime.
Who would hold the lagos govt if they decide to shut it down??nobody

Tobijays:
y'all will be bleeped for real this time trust me at the end you will watch your elders beg the powers that be

ednut1:
Two wrongs don’t make a right. These agbero tax collectors are a menace in lagos . Even people hawking coke with little profits get taxed daily. But this thing these traders did cannot be tolerated in onitsha or kano

Harnny:

No one will reason this way but will be quick to condemn the tax collectors. The problem is in Onitsha, it's Igbos taxing Igbos. Believe me if the tax collectors used by lagos state in Alaba were Igbos, no one will raise eyebrows

ednut1:
cry cry baby. I have not stereotyped anyone. After all they are not the only traders in lagos and many of them also work in corporate world . Some of una want to dish out what you cant take in your places. You can own lands and build houses in kano, lagos, abuja, ph etc. abeg show us one property owned by an outsider in south east. You dont even sell lands easily to outsiders. Abeg give us a break. The taxes are too much agreed, but you think you can use violence in another’s mans land Big mistake that may have repercussions

ISellBeer:

You didn't mention the cause of the problem and between which groups

Verysmart101:


Oga Igbos don't over tax themselves the way Tinubu boys do.Take for instance transportation,a bus driver only pays in the park but u will never agberos poll to poll as it is in Lagos.They dare not do such in Onitsha or wat happened in 1997 would repeat it's self

FakeIgboJew:


Idiot , the ones Peter Obi used in Anambra to pry taxes from the tight fisted main market dealers you no see.

Even Solodu has incorporated same agberoes in his revenue drive but here you are being the ever hypocritical okoro Judas.

INDOMIE9090:
that is according to omo Igbo.
Awori,ijebu,egun,ilaje and egbas are the true owners of Lagos.
Any Yorubas from neighboring states can claim it,it is non of ibos business .

Maxxim:

I don't think so, the problem is that most igbos always feel too sensitive and becomes overreacting when issues that involves ethnicity takes place considering the election matter, I believe this is not the first time they've been paying their taxes in that market, but why is it atm they felt the tax payers are too demanding that they'll stop been cooperative, it's norms in every lagos market that traders are expected to pay their taxes irrespective of your ethnicity, the last time the Abokis in iyana iba refused to pay theirs it resulted to this kind of situation.
I hope each side could settle things amicably cos on the long run it's the traders that'll feel the heat.

Alabaintprice:


Is the market shut down till today?

Do you even know the meaning of shut down.

Don't confuse suspending activities in a market to shutting down.

There are 2 different meaning.

Go back to school

Omenlon:
my guy, no be today for pre election and post election wahala for 9ja, who go win go win. People should learn to respect others, most especially in your host community. No matter the population of blacks in the UK, uk still belong to the British. If you do anyhow you will be reminded that you are a foreigner.

Misterdhee1:

They’re still far better than UGM and Igbos

KillSars:
People wey dem mean b4 dey beat chest, e be like sey to go yeast dey hungry diz guys....
SMH, u tell ur mama say u dey go lagos now to go hustle, u reach Lagos, u go dey challenge people wey u meet there, no be madness be dat?

DryMouth:

Now tell me how this thing wey you type take make sense?

How igbo boys go come from east come dey collect money from igbo traders in lagos?

You get sense at all?

NLPoliceWoman:

Seun Mynd44 Dominique justwise.
Rule 2

OriOko88:

Make ibos respect comport themselves. U can't openly deny ur benefactor or ur host and expect fair treatment from him.

Brendaniel:


It is very annoying when some Yorubas claim that Tinubu or that Yorubas built Lagos, Lagos was FCT for 77 years built by the sweat and resources of every tribe even before Tinubu became governor, just Imagine Abuja that has been FCT for just over 30 something years, then the Gbagyi people begin to lay claims to the development of Abuja and insulting other tribes that they are Lazy, wouldn't it be an insult to every other tribe in Nigeria...

And please don't bring the bullshit of Enugu or Calabar as FCT, please state the number of years they were...

Kajaard:


Chief please what's the present update now? Has calm returned to the market?

Masterito:
Stop talking nonsense. Do you get raised daily in Kano and Onitcha? Stop saying trash. How do you pay federal tax, state tax, local government tax and agbero tax (daily)? Even someone hawking come get taxed by agberos. Are you okay?

Alabaintprice:


It's calm for now.
The taskforce of electrical, electronics and fancy has gone to the local government concerning the issue.

Hopefully, we get an update from them tomorrow or next.

Masterito:
Honestly you are mad. To go hustle and not to be extorted. I even heard hausas join the fight because your touts extort thier truck drivers.

tollyboy5:

Lagos is different from Lagos state.

Backpedal:

That's what I keep saying
Who born you well to be standing on the road at every bus stop to be collecting money ?

The way they will beat you eh....

People are just looking for excuse to be bigoted against Igbo people
Nothing more

Verysmart101:


U must be stupid.Benefactor how? Did Lagos state government bring a dime to build that market? If Igbos suffer and build something, Tinubu boys will now come and be claiming Omonile and tax collectors.God will destroy all of u to pieces.Bastard