Tragedy struck on Wednesday at IyanaOworo axis of Lagos State, when traders lynched an officer of Kick Against Indiscipline.
The officer, identified as Ayeni Moshood, was mobbed by the traders, when a KAI team arrested two hawkers few meters before the Ogudu Lay-By. The two traders, 28-yearold Jeremiah Nnana, who hawks sausages in traffic, and 20-year-old Orichi Nwofokoh, who hawks phone accessories, were arrested for selling along the ever busy road.
A KAI official, Okarutu Eneji, who witnessed the tragedy, said after arresting both traders, who were put in their van, marked KRD 643 DS, the traders raised the alarm to attract sympathisers.
Eneji said, “The two illegal highway hawkers started shouting and calling the attention of other hawkers around and in no time they gathered and started throwing stones at the van.
