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Police dismisses reports on Alaba market fire in Lagos
The Lagos State police command on Friday dismissed reports of a fire incident at the popular Alaba International Market in the Ojo area of the state.
Reports emerged earlier on Friday that the fire began from a gas cylinders shop, spread to other parts of the market, and destroyed goods worth millions of naira.
The command’s spokesman, Benjamin Hundeyin, who made the clarification in a statement, said the police stormed the facility following the reports, arrested some suspected criminals, and recovered their weapons.
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He said: “The market fire story was a false narrative.
“Acting on credible information, police operatives from Ojo Division raided shanties around the market, arrested suspected criminals, and recovered some weapons.
“The shanties were thereafter set on fire.”
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