Lagos - No fewer than 40 lock-up shops with different auto
spare parts worth millions of naira were, on Wednesday
morning, destroyed by early morning fire at the Ladipo
Auto-Market in Mushin, Lagos State.
The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe,
who confirmed this said that the fire started at about 1
a.m.
On April 20, more than 50 shops with assorted vehicle
spare parts were burnt at the Osoro Section of the market.
Fadipe said that when his office got information about the
inferno, his fire fighters were unable to access the scene of
fire due to a clash that happened in the area during the
night.
``We got a call at about 1.20 a.m., but we could not move
into the complex at Odushina Street, Papa-Ajao, Mushin,
scene of the fire due to a fight going on in the area.
``The Divisional Police Officer at Olosan Police Station,
Mushin, led us with his patrol vehicles to the scene before
we were able to put out the fire at about 4.46 a.m.
``There were no cases of death or injuries recorded from
the inferno.
``My men, however, saw some people with blood all over
their bodies, which they suspected were injuries from the
fight, `` he said.
Mr Nkire Ezeigbo, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the
auto-market, told NAN that the clash was caused by
alleged collection of illegal fees.
Ezeigbo said that some hoodlums were allegedly collecting
illegal parking fees from traders on Odushina and Olapeju
Streets.
``The traders with shops in these streets are the people
parking their cars in front of their shops, but some area
boys came and started collecting money for parking.
``It was when the traders resisted them (hoodlums) that
the fight broke out. The hoodlums destroyed the
windscreens of some of the vehicles parked in the two
streets and set others ablaze.
``Fire from some of the vehicles set ablaze by the
hoodlums may have spread to the complex where shops
and goods were burnt.
``The leadership of the market would meet this morning to
investigate the immediate and remote causes of the clash
and the fire incident,`` Ezeigbo said.
spare parts worth millions of naira were, on Wednesday
morning, destroyed by early morning fire at the Ladipo
Auto-Market in Mushin, Lagos State.
The Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe,
who confirmed this said that the fire started at about 1
a.m.
On April 20, more than 50 shops with assorted vehicle
spare parts were burnt at the Osoro Section of the market.
Fadipe said that when his office got information about the
inferno, his fire fighters were unable to access the scene of
fire due to a clash that happened in the area during the
night.
``We got a call at about 1.20 a.m., but we could not move
into the complex at Odushina Street, Papa-Ajao, Mushin,
scene of the fire due to a fight going on in the area.
``The Divisional Police Officer at Olosan Police Station,
Mushin, led us with his patrol vehicles to the scene before
we were able to put out the fire at about 4.46 a.m.
``There were no cases of death or injuries recorded from
the inferno.
``My men, however, saw some people with blood all over
their bodies, which they suspected were injuries from the
fight, `` he said.
Mr Nkire Ezeigbo, the Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the
auto-market, told NAN that the clash was caused by
alleged collection of illegal fees.
Ezeigbo said that some hoodlums were allegedly collecting
illegal parking fees from traders on Odushina and Olapeju
Streets.
``The traders with shops in these streets are the people
parking their cars in front of their shops, but some area
boys came and started collecting money for parking.
``It was when the traders resisted them (hoodlums) that
the fight broke out. The hoodlums destroyed the
windscreens of some of the vehicles parked in the two
streets and set others ablaze.
``Fire from some of the vehicles set ablaze by the
hoodlums may have spread to the complex where shops
and goods were burnt.
``The leadership of the market would meet this morning to
investigate the immediate and remote causes of the clash
and the fire incident,`` Ezeigbo said.
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