The Federal Road Safety Corps Sector Commander in Oyo State, Uche Chukwurah, confirmed the accident in Ibadan.
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The governor, after a meeting with representatives of Yoruba and Hausa communities who are stakeholders in the market, said that he had agreed to reopen the market, having been assured of sustained peace.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that a misunderstanding between two men of different ethnic extractions at the Shasa market in Akinyele Local Government Area in Ibadan sparked off an ethno religious violence that led to loss of lives and properties even as part of the market was gutted by fire.
The governor, who was accompanied by the Caretaker Chairman of Akinyele Local Government, Hon. Taoheed Adedigba; Caretaker Chairman of Akinyele South LCDA, Hon. Ahmed Kazeem Adekunle; and the member representing Akinyele State Constituency, Hon. Kehinde Olatunde, among other top government functionaries, told the shop owners and the residents of the area that the state will rebuild the affected shops.
Akinyele Local Government Area has in the recent time been witnessing series of murder
After the death of the student, residents in the area had stormed the school and attempted to lynch Ajala