Traders at Ladipo Main Market in Mushin, Lagos State, western
Nigeria, were in shock and tears as bulldozer and a team of security
personnel arrived the market on Thursday to demolish the market for
reconstruction.As at 4.30 pm on Thursday shops had been brought
down while the exercise continues on Friday. Traders were ordered to
leave the market with their goods and when they attempted to resist, the
bulldozer moved in and started the demolition.
Some goods were destroyed as many of the traders were not in their shops because of the Independence Day celebration and public holiday.Traders and the Mushin Local government had been at loggerheads over plans to re-construct the market and turn it into a modern plaza.The traders, through their leaders alleged that they were not carried along before the plans to re-construct the market was carried out
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gathered that it was agreed that the traders would
vacate their shops on 1 October, 2015 for work to begin in some parts of
the market.It was in line with the agreement that the developer moved in and started the demolition.The
traders who spoke to our reporter said they had agreed to vacate the
market on Sunday, 4 October, for work to start on Monday, 5 October.Some goods were destroyed as many of the traders were not in their shops because of the Independence Day celebration and public holiday.Traders and the Mushin Local government had been at loggerheads over plans to re-construct the market and turn it into a modern plaza.The traders, through their leaders alleged that they were not carried along before the plans to re-construct the market was carried out
They said they were shocked when the the government officials came and asked the traders to move out and did not allow them to remove anything in their shops before demolishing their shops.
As at the time of filing this report the demolition was still going on as traders were busy removing their goods from the rubble in their shops
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