A 65-year-old security guard has reportedly lost his life in the fire incident that broke out in the wee hours of Wednesday at the Akere Spare Parts Market, Olodi-Apapa, Ajegunle, Lagos State.
The State’s Police Command confirmed this in a statement on Monday adding that investigation had commenced into the suspected arson.
Benjamin Hundeyin, the state’s PPRO said the Commissioner of Police in the state, Idowu Owohunwa urged Lagosians to remain calm as the State Criminal Investigation Department has been directed to take over investigation towards unravelling the true circumstances surrounding the attack.
He equally called for restraints in giving any form of extraneous coloration to the incident, while assuring that the outcome of the investigation will be made public.
Meanwhile, traders at the market have lamented the loss of several millions of naira. Reports have it that some group of gunmen came around 2:30am and set the market ablaze, killing a man identified the security guard.
Similarly, the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service in a statement earlier on Wednesday said the deceased male adult had “gunshot injury”, fuelling suspicion that the fire was a deliberate attack on the market.