Two Feared Dead As Traders, Motorcylists Riot In Abuja Market
Two persons were feared dead on Wednesday when Igbo traders and commercial motorcyclists clashed in Dei Dei, a suburb of Abuja.
It was gathered a section of the popular timber was set ablaze when riot that broke out between Igbo traders and Hausa motorcylists following the death of a woman.
Many traders specialising in the sales of plywood and related products suffered huge monetary losses in the clash.
The uproar, which assumed ethnic dimension between Igbo traders and some Northern youths, started when a women fell off a commercial motorcycle and was crushed to death by a moving articulated vehicle.
The incident enraged a mob, which set the motorcycle on fire.
The commercial motorcyclists were said to have been mobilised in large number and attacked the traders.
They set the timber market owned mainly by Igbo traders on fire, causing them huge losses.
