The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that a deadly confrontation occurred today in the Mandilas area of Lagos Island, leaving one person dead after a stabbing incident.
The State police command, which made this disclosure through a statement issued by on Wednesday by its Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, also said that there was no ethnic colouration concerning the incident.
“The Lagos State Police Command hereby wish to inform the general public that there was no tribal clash or disturbance between any ethnic groups and others inside Balogun Market today.
“There was an incident of a free-for-all fight between some hoodlums and miscreants in the Balogun Market in the early hours of today at around 11 am.“During the fight, one Ebuka Adindu from Abia State stabbed one Sodiq Ibrahim from Kogi State to death, and the said Ebuka Adindu in turn stabbed himself on the shoulder and became unconscious.
He is currently under arrest in the hospital, where he is being treated.
“Investigation into the matter will be concluded, and he will be prosecuted after he has been discharged from the hospital. There was no loss of innocent lives or injury to any person or damage to the goods and properties of marketers inside Balogun Market, ” Hundeyin said in the statement,
The state police image maker also disclosed no innocent lives were lost beyond the victim, no other injuries were reported, just as there was no damage to goods or property at the market.
Disclosing that normalcy has been restored in the popular market and residents and traders have been urged to continue their activities without fear, Hundeyin added that the state Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command,
CP Olohundare Jimoh, called on residents to remain law-abiding and cooperate with the police to sustain peace in the state, stressing that Lagos remains generally peaceful.
According to eyewitnesses, the altercation began after a disagreement between the two men over the division of money from a recent job, and the argument escalated, resulting in the fatal stabbing.
It was gathered that those who were around tried to settle the matter reportedly restrained the attacker before handing him over to authorities.
Tensions, it was also gathered flared up again when friends of the deceased protested, but order was quickly restored.
