Residents of Brighter Road in Minna Niger State were thrown
into confusion on Tuesday morning as irate youths who joined traders shopping
in the area’s mini-market destroyed the private residence of the Niger State
Deputy Governor in Minna, the Niger State capital.
The incident, according to a source, happened around 11.00am
when the youths and the traders whose shops were demolished by the Urban
Development Board unleashed their anger on the deputy governor’s house.
A source who craved anonymity told this medium that the
marketers alleged that they were not given any quit notice by anybody but only
to saw caterpillars demolishing people’s shops without allowing them to pack
their goods and valuables that were inside.
The source also noted that the traders who demanded justice
and equity also demanded the demolition of the house of the deputy governor as
it is in the same place with the shops marked for demolition.
The source revealed that the traders lost millions of naira
to the demolition as they could not pick even a pin from the site.
One of the shop owners, Mallam Muritala, lamented that the
state government has brought him down totally, adding that they never gave him
any noticed.
He said they came early yesterday morning and asked him to
come out of the shop before they started demolishing it without even allowing
him to pack his cash, goods and valuables.
He said, “I was just sitting in my shop and they said come
out – their bulldozer was stationed in front of my shop – and immediately they
brought me out forcefully. They brought down my entire shop without allowing me
to pack my cash, goods and even other valuables. They have taken me back to
zero levels, I’m left with nothing.”
Another trader whose shop was also demolished, Moses Dunia,
accused the Niger State government of being power drunken for protecting the
house of the deputy governor while making life hard for the common man in the
area.
While reacting to the incident, the acting general manager
of Urban Development Board described the allegation as baseless, adding that
all the illegal structures in the area were duly served with notification of
the demolition of illegal structures in the state.
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How can they destroy shops and not even let them pack their goods? that's just wickedness. ahan
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