New Naira Crisis: Violence Spreads To Agege, Other Areas Of Lagos

According to a report by Vanguard, the civil unrest in Lagos early on Friday morning has now spread to other places in the state.

The unrest has spread to Agege, Ikorodu and other parts of Lagos State.

Pandemonium broke out in some parts of the state in the early hours, on Friday, as some aggrieved persons suspected to be hoodlums stormed major roads in protest of the naira scarcity in the state.

The protesters stormed Mile-12, Ketu, Ojota area, along Ikorodu Road, and Iyana-Ipaja around 6.am.

Vanguard can confirm that the protest has now spread to Agege, Ikorodu, Iyana Iba and other parts of the state.

Motorists and residents who were on their way to different places of work hurriedly turned back in panic as the rioters went berserk with bonfire set across the road.

Naira scarcity: Protest in Oke-koto area of Agege, Lagos on Friday pic.twitter.com/47AbVxVcFS

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