The unknown trader was shot dead in the clash between traders and the police.
of the Lagos-based lawyer, Bolanle Raheem, who was fatally shot on Christmas day by Drambi Vandi, a police officer., an expectant mother, was shot days after Gafaru Buraimoh, a resident of Lekki, was also gunned down by a police officer.
“Policemen of Okokomaiko Division today went into Alaba Rago Market to effect an arrest of a suspect but came under heavy attack from a large number of traders,” Mr Hundeyin wrote. He, however, said that “a detailed investigation has commenced into the immediate and remote causes of the incident.”However, an official at the Alaba Rago market, Alli Ibrahim, said the “police came into the market to arrest a suspect when they didn’t see the suspect they started pursuing people.
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