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By Anthony Ogbonna & Charles Kumolu

The popular and ever busy Trade Fair  in Lagos has been shut. Currently, traders who were unaware of the development arrived their shops at the Trade Fair for their normal businesses only to discover to their surprise that all the gates, leading to the Fair have been barricaded.

Lagos Trade Fair complex

Traders at the fair are still in shock and confused over the development as they said they were not aware of any issue that may have led to the shutting down of the premises nor were they pre-informed before the Trade Fair was shut.

Breaking News

Trade Fair Lagos where majority of the traders are Igbo has been shut down and those whose businesses are there are locked out. @segalink @AbdulMahmud01 @renoomokri @DrJoeAbah @followlasg @AsiwajuTinubu pic.twitter.com/3Szx9EBcC0

— I Stand with @HonRitaOrji (@joshseal5) March 18, 2019