Alaba Market Fire Disaster: Criminals' Shanties Was On Fire, Not Market---Lagos Police
Lagos State Police Command has debunked the Alaba International Market fire disaster on Friday adding that it was not the market that went on flames but the criminals' shanties around the market.
Lagos State Police Command has debunked the Alaba International Market fire disaster on Friday adding that it was not the market that went on flames but the crimanl shantis around the market.
This was disclosed by the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, on Friday, dismissed the reports that the popular Alaba International Market at Ojo area of the state was on fire.
Police spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated that while the "market was not razed", police stormed the facility, arrested some suspected criminals and recovered their weapons.
“The market fire story was a false narrative. 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.
Recall that reports had went viral that the fire began from a gas cylinders shop, spread to other parts of the market and ruined goods worth millions of naira. The reports also 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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