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Lagos State government has threatened to shut down the popular Ladipo auto spare parts market if the crisis rocking the market is not resolved.

The executive secretary of Mushin local government area, Mr. Babajide Bello who dangled the axe while speaking with journalists in Lagos said the government would have no option than to shut the market if the crisis rocking the auto spare parts market persists.

Bello said he could not fold his hands and watch total breakdown of law and order in Mushin by the warring factions, saying he was aware of the lingering crisis in the market and was ready to arrest the situation so that it will not escalate.

The local council boss said he has invited the two parties involved in the matter, the executives of the traders and Monday Lawrence, the leader of cemetery workers, for discussion.

Bello pointed out that he was aware that the cemetery was contracted to Lawrence but did not know if the contract involved collection of tolls in the market on behalf of Mushin LGA.

He said the warring factions were of Igbo extraction and could not understand why they could not resolve their areas of disagreement amicably without resorting to violence.

The crisis is between the traders under the umbrella of Ladipo Central Executive Committee, LACEC, led by Comrade Kinsley Ogunor and cemetery workers led by Monday Lawrence has engrossed the market for more than one week.

Sources:
http://leadership.ng/news/427271/crisis-lagos-threatens-to-shut-ladipo-market

Make dem hear word na, abi la die la easy thing

awwwww buh why

When did the Mushin Local Government become the Lagos state government?

I just hope there can be another palliative to stop the crisis. So that this will not be seen as a vendetta or vengeance of the aftermath of the election(PDP only won in areas igbos are majority)

A way of proving that lagos is a not a 'no mans land' as even people like Femi falana wrote epistle on recently.

The last time it was shut sown,they had to pay 70m naira,and also its a place they make their livelihood.you don't cut the eyes off because it looks at women lustfully and get you aroused.

Threat na water, they shoul try and think well for NATIONAL progress!

Demdem:


Naughty Ibos causing problem in yoruba land.
The only solution is to impose baba oloja on them to make them conform.

There is no need for this na

Both warring factions are of igbo exraction, they should settle the matter within themselves or else the LASG would close the market indefinately

Demdem:


Naughty Ibos causing problem in yoruba land.
The only solution is to impose baba oloja on them to make them conform.

and you think Baba Oloja will solve the problem?

Smh

deltalife:
Threat na water, they shoul try and think well for NATIONAL progress!

This is not the first or (possibly) last time the Lagos stage government/ local government or their agencies will lock a market up over breach in security or breaking environmental laws.

The most annoying part is that the warring bodies won't be affected much if the market is closed. It will affect the guys who are not even involved in the madness most

MzJackBaueress:
and you think Baba Oloja will solve the problem?

Smh

These lots have proven to be indisciplined on a foreign land. Baba oloja will instill discipline which will invariably save lives.

Seriously I don't know there problem at this market, they should try and caution them for peace to reign and for economy growth.

Lalastical pls front page.. So that all Ibo's should try and caution their brothers.

Is Ladipo Market not under Mushin local government? U know read book?

Mynd44:
When did the Mushin Local Government become the Lagos state government?

Mynd44:

There is no need for this na

What's wrong with my post? Get rid of the warring parties and bring in a neutral person (baba oloja). Isn't that a good step?

Mushin LG wouldn't dare, worse still to inflame matters, installing a locale who has no stake nor experience on a useless traditional office as baba oloja.....talk about shooting your revenue in the foot....Corrupt lazy Bureacrats will go hungry for days

Demdem:


These lots have proven to be indisciplined on a foreign land. Baba oloja will instill discipline which will invariably save lives.

What kind of discipline will Baba Oloja instill? Abegi!

Anyway,the government lead by the Mushin LG has spoken. Since it is an internal crisis,I pray it is resolved.

mapet:
Is Ladipo Market not under Mushin local government? U know read book?

The title of the thread says "Lagos threatens" but it is the Mushin Local government that threatened.

Vanguard newspaper version - By Esther Onyegbula
LAGOS—No fewer than five persons were injured as two groups of traders in Ladipo Market clashed over the just-concluded governorship election in Lagos State.
It was gathered that a vice chairman of an automobile association allegedly led a group of armed hoodlums to harass traders and ers-by.
The traders called on Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Kayode Aderanti, to come to their rescue as their lives were under threat for refusing to the candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Mr. Christopher Nzeribe, a trader, said: “They have told us that they would make the market uncomfortable for those of us that did not the PDP governorship candidate in Lagos State.
“We urged the state government to call the executives of the market to order, because majority of us who were traders in the market were only looking for our daily bread.”
Another trader, who simply identified himself as Okafor, said: “Before the 2015 general elections, there was peace and harmony among the traders in the market. The executives of the market have been intimidating and harassing us for ing the candidate of All Progressives Congress, APC, since after the election. We cannot trade and walk freely in the market any more.
“Five traders are lying critically ill at a private hospital receiving treatment for the injury they sustained from the attacked unleashed on them by the hoodlums of the executives.”
A woman that sells drinks, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “What I am witnessing as a trader in the market is becoming unbearable as all my assorted drinks were carted away by the hoodlums loyal to the central market executives.”
WhenVanguardvisited the market, Policemen from Alakara Division and OP-MESA were on ground to prevent further breakdown of law and order.
When the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Kenneth Nwsosu, was ed on the incident, he promised to call back. At press time, he had not called.

Demdem:


What's wrong with my post? Get rid of the warring parties and bring in a neutral person (baba oloja). Isn't that a good step?

Local governments can't install Baba olojas. To the best of my knowledge, it is a traditional thing.

The local government still has to work with the unions or move in to cancel the unions and impose the laws made by then through a council of some sorts that will have a representative of the traders

How can the Executive Secretary of a Local Government claim he was aware that the cemetery was contracted to Lawrence but did not know if the contract involved collection of tolls in the market on behalf of Mushin LGA?

Mr. Babajide is not telling us the whole truth.

Demdem:


Naughty Ibos causing problem in yoruba land.
The only solution is to impose baba oloja on them to make them conform.

DemdeMad why don't you go and impose the baba oloja yourself and make them conform?. Hopeless monkey

Demdem:


Naughty Ibos causing problem in yoruba land.
The only solution is to impose baba oloja on them to make them conform.

in ur wildest day dream

nerodenero:
How can the Executive Secretary of a Local Government claim he was aware that the cemetery was contracted to Lawrence but did not know if the contract involved collection of tolls in the market on behalf of Mushin LGA?

Mr. Babajide is not telling us the whole truth.

Thank you! the cemetery leader Monday Lawrence or whatever his nonsense name is, is being used by the local govt to create acrimony and cause chaos in the market. They are just acting out a script

Texcoco:
Mushin LG wouldn't dare, worse still to inflame matters, installing a locale who has no stake nor experience on a useless traditional office as baba oloja.....talk about shooting your revenue in the foot....Corrupt lazy Bureacrats will go hungry for days

Dude if the crisis lingers, the market will be locked until they stop the fights. This is not the first time a market will be locked.

I've been saying it and nobody is listening to me. Ladipo market and computer village is gonna be relocated. Alaba market is gonna be shut down completely using piracy as an excuse. Ladipo also is a residential area same as computer village. It's all gonna happen when ambode assumes office.

Mynd44:
Dude if the crisis lingers, the market will be locked until they stop the fights. This is not the first time a market will be locked.

If that be so the traders can always take their market elsewhere...Problem solved.

MzJackBaueress:
What kind of discipline will Baba Oloja instill? Abegi!

Anyway,the government lead by the Mushin LG has spoken. Since it is an internal crisis,I pray it is resolved.

The kind of discipline current leaders aren't giving. Are they the only market in Lagos, how come is everyday trouble. Records have shown that markets with baba oloja are peaceful. Ladipo needs one urgently.

Mynd44:

Local governments can't install Baba olojas. To the best of my knowledge, it is a traditional thing.

The local government still has to work with the unions or move in to cancel the unions and impose the laws made by then through a council of some sorts that will have a representative of the traders

Mushin local govt with conjunction with Mushin land owners and traditional leaders within that jurisdiction should impose on Ladipo, baba oloja.

Texcoco:
If that be so the traders can always take their market elsewhere...Problem solved.

You don't understand the value of having a whole market dedicated to one thing. They can form associations and also address issues that affects them.

This is commerce na