Kwara shuts major market as hoodlums, security operatives clash

Date: 2023-03-27

Kwara state Government has ordered the immediate shutting of Mandate Market in Ilorin following Saturday's skirmishes in the major trading centre.

Commissioner for Business, Innovation and Technology, Malam Ibrahim Akaje, stated in Ilorin on Saturday that the market would be re-opened on Monday.

“Government has restored normalcy to the market after the initial tension and opportunist attacks by hoodlums on peoples' properties.

“Government hereby directs temporary closure of the market for security reasons pending resolution of some issues that triggered the disturbances.

“Government commends the prompt response of security agencies to distress calls from shop owners. We warn against further trouble from any quarters.

“The market and activities of everyone involved therein are regulated by laws, which must be respected by all,'' he stated.

Scores of people were injured in the skirmishes as law enforcement agents and suspected shop breakers clashed at the market on Saturday.

Some shop owners had complained to security agencies that petty traders, guards, cleaners or load carriers who resided in the market always broke into the shops in the night.

Police operatives consequently raided the market and arrested some suspects whose kinsmen insisted must be released, a situation which degenerated into the fracas between them and the operatives.

Police operatives had to fire teargas canisters to disperse the mob which had gathered to attack the operatives and shop owners who lodged the complaints.

Following the free-for-all, shop owners quickly closed for business and fled.

Motorist plying the route on which the market is located had to make detours so as not to be caught in the imbroglio.

A reinforcement of security operatives including the police, men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were despatched to the market to bring the situation under control.

Spokesman of the NSCDC in Kwara, Mr Ayeni Olasunkanmi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fracas was an aftermath of a raid earlier carried out by the police.

“It was the aftermath of a raid carried out by the police in the market because of complaints from shop owners that some people regularly broke into their shops at night.

“Kinsmen of the arrested suspects insisted that the police must release those arrested.

“The situation there is under control. Other sister agencies are there to ensure that the situation remains calm,'' he said.

Police spokesman in Kwara, SP Okasanmi Ajayi, also told NAN that the breach of public peace in the market was caused by “a misunderstanding between two groups of tomatoes and pepper sellers.

“No casualty has been recorded in the fracas so far,'' he said.

(NAN)




 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Iliasu     Odolaye Aremu     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Olushola Saraki     Kaosarah Adeyi     Code Of Conduct Bureau     Women For Change And Development Initiative     AbdulHamid Adi     Bureau Of Lands     Saidu Isa     Facebook     Segun Ogunsola     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Ajuloopin     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Kwara South     Siraj Oyewale     Ganiyu Taofiq     Khadijat Ayoola Yusuf     Amusement Park     Raji Ayodele Kamaldeen     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Saheed Alakoso     Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Musa Aibinu     Mustapha AbdulGaniyu     Maimunat Oniyangi     Oba Sulaiman Asude     Pacify Labs     Oluronke Adeyemi     Nigeria Computer Society     Ayedun     Ballah     NULGE     Danladi     Innocent Okoye     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Omu Aran     Ahman Pategi     Saliu Mustapha     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Oke-Ode     Suleiman Abubakar     Oyedepo     Oke-opin     Binta Sulyman     Sadiq Buhari     Jimba Babatunde     Gamji Members Association     Yusuf Mubarak     National Association Of Nigerian Students     KwaraLearn     Kayode Bankole     Orisun Igbomina     Suraj Tunji Oyewale     Alaro     Bola Shagaya     Folorunsho Alao     Sulyman Buhari     Yahya Mohammed     Issa Oloruntogun     Abdulfatah Ahmed     KWIRS     Oyun     Yusuf Amuda Gobir     Saheed Akinwumi     Sabo-Oke     Ajibike Katibi     Lanre Badmus     Local Government     Amosa     Towobola Abdulrahman Toyin     Mansur Alfanla     Arik     GAMA     VADA     Hassan Taiye Salam    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Aishat Mohammed Lawal     Temitope Ogunbanke     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Aremu Bose Deborah     Idiagbon     Ilorin Curfew     Mashood Abdulrafiu Agboola     Muhammed Akanbi     Muritala Awodun     Moronfoye     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Mohammed Ibrahim     CUTI     Doyin Agbamu     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Yahaya A Paniyaro     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     2017 Budget     NTA Ilorin     Sebastine Obasi     Owu Fall     Abdulmutalib Shittu     Lanre Olosunde     Alliance For Democracy     Tsaragi     Mujtabah Bature     Muhammed Mahe Abdulkadir     SGBN     Malete     Raheem Adaramaja     Ramadan     Sheikh Ridhwanullah     Zara Umar     Ayobami Seriki     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Local Government     Isiaka Abdulrazak     Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Olumide Daniel Ibitoye     Jawondo     Salami Adekunle     Paul Odama     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Federal Polytechnic Offa     Kwara State Polytechnic     Sheriff Olanrewaju     Yaru     Surajudeen Akanbi     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Peter Amogbonjaye     KWTV     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Gbemi Saraki     Rihanat Ajia     Donatus Ejidike     Ibrahim Agboola Gambari     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Odo-Owa     Olawuyi     Awili Pedro     Rasaq Jimoh     CCEPE     Chief Of Staff     Kwara-SAPZ Project     CBT     Yakubu Mohammed Abdullahi     Kubra Kazum     Kwara State Government     Kwara State Health Insurance Agency     Ubandawaki     Ijakadi     Students Union Government     Funke Adedoyin     Durosinlohun Atiku     Yahaya Muhammad     Jalala