Hell was let loose again yesterday in Ladipo area of Mushin, Lagos State, as hoodlums wreaked havoc at the popular Ladipo auto spare-parts market following a disagreement between some hoodlums popularly known as area boys and traders. Although no life was lost, close to 40 vehicles were burnt while houses and shops were also torched. According to eyewitnesses, the quick intervention of policemen from the Area D Police Command and the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) averted blood bath in the area. The crisis, which started at about 8a.m. over illegal ticketing, snowballed into an ethnic fight between the Igbo traders and Yoruba residents. The angry residents who took to the streets to protest the destruction of their homes, called on the government to relocate the market as they were tired of the violence. It was gathered that trouble started after the hoodlums scrambled over collection of ticket money from a car that parked in the area, which left one person injur...
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