Oyo State Governor, Ajimobi Demolishes Thousands Of Shops & Goods In Ogunpa Market

The demolition caterpillar of
Governor Abiola Ajimobi of Oyo State, western
Nigeria, Monday struck at Ogunpa market as it
destroyed thousands of shops.
The demolition team stormed the market in the
company of tight security provided by armed
men of Nigeria Civil Defence.
The team did not give the traders opportunity to
pack their wares as they destroyed the wares
along with the shops.
According to an official in the team who spoke
under anonymity, ''We can't give them any
chance to pack their wares because they have
been given enough chance. We have served
them notice for a very long time that we are
coming to carry out the exercise.
''In fact, for your information, this exercise
ought to have been carried out since last year
December but because they begged the
government to allow them sell for the Christmas
and New Year, we were asked to hold on until
now that we are instructed to move in and
destroy. What were they waiting for? They are
too stubborn. When we were destroying the
other side, people that we have not gotten to
were sitting down and looking at us as if we will
not get to them. Sorry, we are demolishing
sizable number of shops today.''
During the exercise, some traders were seen
weeping and attempting to stop the demolition
team who did not listen to them.
PMNews learnt that the demolition will continue
till tomorrow.
A statement issued by the government said that
about 1000 shops would be built in the
demolished market under public-private
partnership scheme with modern infrastructure.
They assured that the new shops will be
allocated to the occupants of the market,
allaying fears of the traders that no new person
would be allocated shops until all that were on
ground have been allocated.