Tears as six slain traders in Owode Onirin Market clash laid to rest in Lagos

Six traders who mislaid their lives during a convulsive incidental astatine the Owode Onirin International Motor Spare Parts Market successful Ketu, Lagos, person been buried successful Ikorodu amid renewed calls for justice.

The victims were killed connected August 27 past twelvemonth during a arguable cognition astatine the market, an incidental that has since been wide referred to arsenic “Black Wednesday.”

Family members and sympathisers gathered astatine Ikorodu General Hospital for the commencement of the burial rites, receiving the remains of the deceased successful an ambiance filled with grief and anguish.

Eyewitness accounts indicated that the fatal incidental stemmed from tensions surrounding a disputed demolition of shops wrong the market, located successful the Agboyi-Ketu Local Council Development Area.

What began arsenic absorption by traders reportedly escalated into a confrontation that ended successful gunfire, claiming six lives.

The deceased were identified arsenic Seyi Akinboye, Adeoye Taiwo, Dare Mufutau, Aderemi Hakeem, Abraham Temoola, and Wale Adebayo.

At the burial, relatives described the victims arsenic hardworking individuals who served arsenic superior providers for their families, stressing that their deaths person near a lasting interaction connected their loved ones.

Many mourners insisted that those liable indispensable beryllium brought to justice.

“These were guiltless men trying to gain a living. Their killers indispensable beryllium held accountable,” a grieving comparative said....