NO ONE OR ANY PROPERTY WAS HARMED AT MANDILAS – LAGOS POLICE
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Oduola Farouq A.
A claim made on social media that political thugs are pursuing and destroying the property of Igbos in Mandilas Market, Lagos Island, has been refuted by the Lagos State Police.
On Monday morning, a rumour was circulated on social media that claimed: alleged that, “APC thugs are on the rampage on the streets of Lagos because Peter Obi won Tinubu. In Abibu Oki street off Broadstreet in Mandilas market Lagos island, they are chasing the Igbos, robbing them and destroying properties.”
The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, labelled the information as “fake” claiming the presence of security personnel at the claimed scene of the incident as “false” on his twitter page.
He claims that Igbo traders came to the market to conduct business in violation of the agreement they made before the election not to open their stores on Monday, which prompted some hoodlums to try and enforce compliance.
Hundeyin twitted: “This is fake news. The market association agreed that shops would remain closed yesterday and today. Igbo traders this morning decided to renege on the agreement and open shops.
“Some hoodlums took it upon themselves to enforce compliance. The police was alerted.
“The police arrived promptly. The hoodlums fled upon sighting police patrol vans. Not one shop was vandalized. Not one person was robbed. Not one person was injured. Normalcy was swiftly returned and officers remain on ground.
“Go and verify!”
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