No fewer than  40 vehicles have been burnt in the clash between Yorubas and Igbos in Mushin area of Lagos as the army and police moved in the quell the violence.

LEADERSHIP learnt that there was blood bath as over 15 people were injured in the fracas that left  Odushina, by Oloje; Dramola Street, Olapeju, Oshoro, Akinwunmi and Ladipo Market deserted.

It was gathered that residents in the affected areas have fled to avoid being caught in the mayhem.
To this end, the streets have been deserted as police and men of the OP-MESSA took over.

As of the time of filing this report  an Armoured Personnel Carrier, APC, was cited in one of the streets.
A police source said he counted 40 vehicles burnt and several others with broken screens. People have taken refuge in their houses as shops were hurriedly shut by their owners who fled to safety.

Witnesses said the trouble started when one Agunleri, who is the Secretary of one of the market unions allegedly stormed an area where Yoruba traders were selling their wares and began to upturn the wares on the guise that Governor Akinwunmi Ambode was coming to the area for a function and that there was need for the place to be cleaned up, said to have challenged him on why he was upturning their wares.

The Omo Ibo as he  was referred to  allegedly stabbed the Yoruba man in the process thereby igniting the crisis.

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