By PETER ANOSIKE

Peace and tranquility has returned to Balogun Business Association, International Centre for Commerce (BBA/ICC), Lagos International Trade Fair Complex, after the officials of National Agency for Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC), led by its Director of Investigation and Enforcement, Martins Iluyomade, and heavily-armed men of the Nigerian Army and Mobile Police stormed the market in eight trucks.

News Express learn that immediately they got to the complex, they began to raid shops and warehouses, carrying products into their waiting trucks.

The action caused panic in the complex and when some of the traders came out of their shops to watch what was going on, the Mobile Police men started firing tear gas and live bullets to scare them and other onlookers away.

Many of the traders are said to have sustained various degrees of injuries while scampering away for their lives. Traders hastily closed their shops and immediately left the complex for fear of stray bullets, just as frightened customers also hurriedly went home.

As a result of the incident, the leadership of the complex led by Chief (Hon) Oscar Paul Odogwu – which was said to have been taken unawares by the invaders – on Friday morning, October 31, 2025, addressed traders and visitors, urging them to desist from anything that would attract the regulatory body into the complex like dealing in fake and expired products.

Odogwu told the traders that they cannot stop the regulatory body from coming into the complex for their official work.

He sounded a note of warning to anyone or group of people that want to cause trouble or protest against NAFDAC officials in the complex, adding that they would be dealt with accordingly and handed over to the police for prosecution.

The market leader advised members and visitors to be law-abiding and to go about their businesses as the issues would be resolved amicably.