Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin
We set shanties, criminal hideouts on fire at Alaba market – Lagos police
Police in Lagos State on Friday dismissed reports that the popular Alaba International Market at Ojo area of the state was on fire.
“The market fire story was a false narrative.
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“Acting on credible information, police operatives from Ojo Division raided shanties around the market, arrested suspected criminals and recovered some weapons.
“The shanties were thereafter set on fire,’’ he stated.
Earlier reports had stated that the fire began from a gas cylinders shop, spread to other parts of the market and ruined goods worth millions of naira.
It added that traders at the market adopted self-help methods to put out the fire before the arrival of emergency responders.
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