A 65-year-old security guard was shot dead by hoodlums whom traders accused of setting their shops ablaze at the spare parts market in Kirikiri, Olodi-Apapa, in the Ajegunle area of Lagos State.
During a visit to the market, the traders, who were seen wailing over their goods that got burnt by the fire, alleged that the hoodlums invaded the market in the early hours of Wednesday.
The traders, while lamenting over the incident, alleged that masked hoodlums, numbering six, were resisted by security men from setting the market ablaze last Thursday, adding that the same hoodlums, in a desperate attempt to burn the market, returned, shot the security guard and set the market ablaze.
Speaking with our correspondent, one of the traders, Okwuchukwu Maduka, said traders lost goods worth millions of naira, adding that the development had thrown him and other traders into confusion.
He said, “Look at what some…
