Nigeria: Scores injured as crisis rocks Mile 12 market

Crisis, broke out yesterday in Mile 12 market, Lagos, during a foiled attempt  to overthrow the incumbent chairman of the Arewa Perishable Foodstuff Association, Alhaji Haruna Mohammed.  Consequently, scores of persons sustained varying degrees of injuries and foodstuff destroyed.
Trouble as gathared, started at about 9am after a man simply identified as Alhaji  Seidu stormed the market with some gun weiding individuals to oust out Mohammed.
Thier attempt, reportedly met stiff resistant of the incumbent chairman, thereby resulting in a free-for all, during which dangerous weapons were freely used.
The fight, destrupted commercial activities at the popular market as traders hurriedly locked up, to avoid being cut in the web of the warring factions.
But for the intervention of policemen attached to the Ketu Police Division as well as operatives of the Rapid Response Squad, the crisis would have reportedly escalated.
Police patrol vehicles and an Armored Personnel Carrier  were stationed near the market to forestall a recurrence.
Most of the traders who objected to the invasion, protested , carrying placards which read, ‘We say no to imposition’ and ‘We do not want Seidu’, we do not want Saidu, Mohammed is our choice’.

Mali crisis: Who's who?

Mali is in the grip of an unprecedented political crisis, one of the most serious since the landlocked West African country gained independence from France in 1960.

Mali's Tuareg rebels are now in control of the north of the country - one of the poorest in the world.

The army seized power in March, accusing the elected government of being soft on the rebels - but while the military was distracted, the rebels made rapid advances.

Under a deal brokered by the West African regional bloc Ecowas, the country has now returned to civilian rule - with Mali's parliamentary speaker sworn in as interim president on 12 April. But political uncertainty remains.

Here is a guide to some of the main players in Mali.

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