One person was allegedly killed in the melee; although the police said no death occurred.
Incensed by the reported death, which PREMIUM TIMES is yet to confirm, the traders rioted and were on the verge of vandalising shops of some the market leaders allegedly working with the government when the police intervened to disperse them.
“They came to the market and were taken to the shops of the traders that took them to court and they started closing their shops accusing them of not paying IGR,” the source, a trader, said.“One of the sons of one of the traders entered into an altercation with them and in the process, a fight broke out.
Not done, the traders began rioting. They went to the shop of one of the leaders believed to be working with the government and attempted to vandalise it when police arrived and chased them away.Our reporter on a visit to the market saw police officers brutally assaulting passersby and whisking them into their car.She confirmed that one person sustained an injury on the head and was rushed to the Federal Teaching Hospital Abakaliki for treatment.
He also said that no government official has the right to deploy his members for any purpose without informing him.He noted that he, in the company of the Special Assistant on IGR, Martins Okwuegbu, went to the market to seal some shops. Mr Okwuegbu denied that the exercise was used to victimise some traders opposed to the government’s action on the market leadership.
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