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Angry Traders Accuse Lagos Government Of Deliberately Locking Ijesha Market To Frustrate Non-Indigenes

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Some angry traders have staged a protest against the government in Lagos State.

The traders of Akorede Market in Ijesha along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway who were locked out of the market on Monday have accused the Lagos State government of deliberately locking them out to frustrate their business efforts in the state.

A video footage had surfaced showing the traders in their hundreds stranded on Monday as they went to the market in the morning and discovered that the gate was locked, preventing them from accessing the market to do their businesses.

Speaking in the video seen by SaharaReporters, a man whose identity was not revealed said they made enquiries and were told that the local government ordered the lock of the market for no reason.

The source said, “These traders in Akorede Market at Ijesha Express are stranded outside the gate. On enquiry we were informed that the local government chairman ordered the locking of the market for no reason whatsoever.

“It is generally believed that this is the fallout of the just concluded election where some section of the country residing in Lagos State is being ordered to leave Lagos or be frustrated out.

“Please, we want the authorities concerned to find out from the local government chairman his reason for locking traders in this market out today, Monday March 3, 2023.”

However, the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on New Media, Jubril Gawat, while reacting to the video on Tuesday said that the market was locked over the issue of indiscriminate refuse dumping along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway and abuse of the council staff by the traders.

He however said that the market had since been reopened after appeals.

“ISSUES: Using of cart pushers to pack refuse instead of LAWMA; dumping of refuse along Oshodi-Apapa Expressway; abuse on the Council Staffs, resisting them from performing their legitimate duties in the Market.

“Market reopened since yesterday morning (same day) after appeals.”

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