Dead body found in Lagos market causes protest

Youths and some traders at the Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos State, on Saturday blocked the road leading to the market to protest the dumping of a dead body in the market since Thursday morning.

The protesters, who burned tyres in the middle of the road, obstructed the free flow of traffic and insisted that they would leave the road after the appropriate authorities had evacuated the corpse, which had become swollen and smelled.
One of the protesters, who identified himself simply as, John, said they were protesting the failure of the authorities to do their job and safeguard the health of the traders in the market.
“We can no longer accommodate this body here. It is decaying and the stench is becoming unbearable. We will remain on this road until the council officials do their job by removing this it,” he said.
One of the policemen deployed in the area told our correspondent that the Divisional Police Officer had contacted the council to evacuate the body.
The policeman, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “Our DPO has called the council to evacuate the body.”
PUNCH Metro gathered that the traders were greeted with the sight of the dead body dumped in a canal at the market on Thursday morning.
Eyewitnesses said the body was wrapped. According to them, arrangement was made for the body to be brought out from the canal so it could be identified, but no one was able to identify it.

Dead body found in Lagos market causes protest