The Lagos state police command says it stopped hoodlums’ attack on Igbo traders who opened their shops against market association agreement on Monday. 

A Twitter user, @VictorIsrael, had raised an alarm that “APC thugs are on the rampage on the streets of Lagos because Peter Obi won Tinubu. In Abibu Oki street off Broadstreet in Mandilas market Lagos island, they are chasing the Igbos, robbing them and destroying properties.”

Debunking the information as fake news, spokesperson of the command, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the hoodlums were enforcing market association agreement before they were stopped by police.

“This is fake news. The market association agreed that shops would remain closed yesterday and today. Igbo traders this morning decided to renege on the agreement and open shops. Some hoodlums took it upon themselves to enforce compliance. The police were alerted.

“The police arrived promptly. The hoodlums fled upon sighting police patrol vans. Not one shop was vandalized. Not one person was robbed. Not one person was injured. Normalcy was swiftly returned and officers remain on ground. Go and verify!,” Mr Hundeyin said.

This comes after Peter Obi of the Labour Party defeated the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, in Lagos.

Mr Obi, a former governor of Anambra State, polled 582,454 to beat Mr Tinubu, a former Lagos governor, who polled 572,606 votes in the presidential election.