Six suspects linked to the communal clash that broke out at a market in Lagos have been arrested.
Police also confirmed that the timely intervention of the Rapid Responde Squad (RRS) and other Police Units stopped the violence from escalating.
The communal clash which reportedly broke out Sunday, between Hausa and Yoruba traders at Oke-Odo market in Ile-Epo area of Abule Egba, Lagos state, was reported to have left no fewer than four persons injured.
The crisis which started at about 2pm on Sunday, saw hoodlums looting traders’ wares at Oke Odo Market and burning make-shift structures used by scavengers.
It was gathered that trouble started after a Hausa scavenger mistakenly hit a Yoruba orange seller on the road side with his wheelbarrow, causing the oranges to fall on the ground.
Angered by this, the orange seller allegedly punched the scavenger and he slumped.
This was what angered other Hausa scavengers and northerners who rushed to the scene, seized the orange seller and took him into one of the makeshift structures by the dumpsite.
In no time, area boys were said to have mobilised in their number to the tent to rescue the orange seller which led to a clash between the two sides.
The violence thereafter like a wild fire, extended to Agbado and Pleasure areas, and was said to have caused alot of traffic as traders, residents fled their shops and homes to avoid falling victims of the clash.