There was chaos in new Benin Market, Edo State on Saturday morning after hundreds of angry Igbo youths who are mainly traders clashed with Hausa traders.

The argument allegedly began following a minor disagreement between the two traders from the different ethnic groups .

According to PUNCH, the Igbo trader was said to have ordered the Hausa trader to leave the front of his store but the latter who felt slighted drew his machete and inflicted several cuts on the Igbo traders.

By the time of filing this report, the State Police Command had not issued an official statement regarding the occurrence.