By EVELYN USMAN
Crisis, broke out yesterday in Mile 12 market, Lagos, during a foiled attempt to overthrow the incumbent chairman of the Arewa Perishable Foodstuff Association, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed. Consequently, scores of persons sustained varying degrees of injuries and foodstuff destroyed.
Trouble as gathared, started at about 9am after a man simply identified as Alhaji Seidu stormed the market with some gun weiding individuals to oust out Mohammed.
Thier attempt, reportedly met stiff resistant of the incumbent chairman, thereby resulting in a free-for all, during which dangerous weapons were freely used.
The fight, destrupted commercial activities at the popular market as traders hurriedly locked up, to avoid being cut in the web of the warring factions.
But for the intervention of policemen attached to the Ketu Police Division as well as operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, the crisis would have reportedly escalated.
Police patrol vehicles and an Armored Personnel Carrier were stationed near the market to forestall a recurrence.
Most of the traders who objected to the invasion, protested , carrying placards which read, 'We say no to imposition' and 'We do not want Seidu', we do not want Saidu, Mohammed is our choice'.
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