VIDEO: “Igbo Must Leave Lagos” Political Thugs Chant While Burning Down Igbo Dominated Akere Market and Kills One in Lagos
The report revealed that in the early hours of Wednesday, thugs who were said to be members of the APC attacked Akere Market and set fire to the market while chanting that Igbo must leave Lagos.
According to reports, a security guard in the market who confronted the thugs and tried to protect the place from being set ablaze was stabbed to death, and several other people were injured.
It was reported that the body of the security guard, who was 65 years old, was found at the location where the incident took place.
A victim named Atagbuzie Maduka, who expressed anger at the incident said that the Igbo people were being punished for the overwhelming vote that they gave to the presidential candidate of the Labour Party during the presidential election that took place on February 25.
He said, ” We are not surprised with what we are seeing today. It is the price we are paying for supporting Peter Obi during the Presidential and National Assembly elections. The Yoruba are afraid that come March 11 Gubernatorial and House of Assembly elections, we are going to vote en- mass for Labor Party.
” They have been threatening us that we should leave Lagos. They have told us that they would burn our markets, and they have called some of us to their meeting where they threatened to wipe us out. They are on social media, even making videos with their face and names on the video, yet security agencies didn’t do anything to caution them or bring them to book.
“They destroyed some of our shops at Ikotun, Abarabje, and Ijegin and now it is Akere Spare parts market. This one is monumental because we lost billions. Some of our goods perished with the money inside. The things targeted us when we were still sleeping to commit the dastardly act. Some of us borrowed the money we used to bring in containers from the banks, see what they have done to us.”
Another victim Pius Nwokedike claimed that the deadly act caused him to lose more than N100 million.
He said, “We could not salvage anything because none of us was in the market. They acted like the devil who sneaked in the wee hours to destroy our marker. I am calling on Ndigbo in Trade Fair, Alaba International, and Lidipo markets to as a matter of urgency make arrangements for alternative security to safeguard their market because they are coming for you and the police cannot save us.
“Governor Babajide – Sanwo Olu who has pleaded with us to support him should stop this madness because the hoodlums cannot continue to destroy our means of livelihood and we fold arms and watch them continue. We shall defend ourselves. Some Yorubas vote Labour Party and Yorubas are contesting under the Labour Party, why have they singled out Ndigbo? We have Hausa, Fulani, Edo, Idoma, and many other tribes that voted for Labour Party, why the hatred for Ndigbo? Why I am saying this is that the supporter of APC burnt-out shops and have threatened to do more”
Meanwhile, Gbadebo Rhodes – Favour who is running for governor as a candidate for the Labour Party visited the burned market at Olodi-Apapa.
According to the video that has gone viral, Gbadebo sympathized with the Igbo traders and pledge to restore the market as soon as he is elected into power as the Governor of Lagos State.
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VIDEO: “Igbo Must Leave Lagos” Political Thugs Chant While Burning Down Igbo Dominated Akere Market and Kills One in Lagos.
VIDEO: “Igbo Must Leave Lagos” Political Thugs Chant While Burning Down Igbo Dominated Akere Market and Kills One in Lagos.
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