Lagos state government closes Oshodi market over insecurity

Lagos State Government yesterday shut down
Owonifari market in the Oshodi, Oshodi/Isolo
Local Government, aimed at addressing the
security challenges in the area.
Lagos State Government often arrested hoodlums
in Oshodi for various robberies and other petty
incidents.Commissioner for Information and
Strategy, Mr. Steve Ayorinde, lamented that the
market has constituted a menace and an
eyesore to the locality.
He added that they have relocated affected
traders and shop owners to the newly built
Isopakodowo market stalls at Bolade area in
Oshodi. The government has also started fencing-
off of the set-back on Agege Motor Road that
stretches from Ilupeju end of Oshodi all the way
to the PWD/Ikeja GRA end of the area.
He said that the fencing-off of the long stretch of
the set-back is being undertaken to assist the
Federal Government and the Nigerian Railway
Corporation in particular with a view to
beautifying it and safeguard lives along the
railway corridor by discouraging street trading
and indiscriminate use of the space.
In the statement, Ayorinde added that the
Owonifari loop will be transformed into an ultra
modern bus terminus with new bus shelters that
are befitting of a structured park in a mega city.
He stated further that Oshodi will be sane and
safe and a place where both traders and
commuters would be pleased to visit and trade.