Pandemonium In Mile 12 As Soldiers Clash With Hausa Traders

Hausa traders who were ordered to stop selling their wares on the main road in Mile 12 area of Lagos state reportedly engaged soldiers in a clash.


Eyewitnesses tell Punch online that the soldiers were passing by Ikorodu road and when they got to Mile 12 they met heavy traffic and on discovering the cause of the jam were different traders selling their goods on the road, the soldiers ordered the people to clear the way.

While others cleared their goods, the Hausa traders refused to leave and brought out cutlasses to resist the orders of the soldiers who were in their patrol vans.

The situation which started to develop at around 2pm on Monday afternoon caused people in the area to flee fearing for their lives