What can be regarded as commotion occurred today, April 5, in Festac Town Lagos as two fuel black marketers were reportedly killed by a task force made of police and civil defence officials. The killing of the marketers occurred around 1pm at the Forte oil petrol station also known as AP bus stop located a 21 Road I close. NAIJ.com reporter at the scene of the event gathered that trouble began when some black marketers resisted efforts by the task force who were seizing petroleum products from road side vendors and giving them out free to motorcycle riders.
When the security agents got to Forte oil petrol station, they became overwhelmed by several black marketers and began to shoot sporadically to disperse the crowd, killing two persons in the process. Angered by the conduct of the security officials, some persons tried to set fire to the petrol station as a means of venting their anger, but this made the police civil defence officials fire more rounds into the air to disperse the angry crowd. One black marketer named Shina was hit on the buttocks by a stray bullet, while others persons suffered varying degree of injuries in the process of running to safety.
Police kill two fuel black marketers in FESTAC
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