The early morning inferno that completely razed down Arewa settlement (Hausa Quarters) in Ubeji, Warri, Delta State has continued to raise concerns. The
Ali said, “I have since resolved not to pay for security again. How can a market be guarded yet gutted with fire? How can fire start from a shop and you’d claim you don’t know how it started?”
A victim popularly known as Alhaji while narrating his experience to LEADERSHIP Weekend said, “When I came to my shop. I was very sad that my goods were raised by the inferno. I felt very bad and went to meet the guards we called Civil Defence and they told me not to worry. I went to the police station to make a report. To date, I haven’t heard from them.
Nonetheless, there is no denying the fact that nobody can prove the ownership of the market land. However, while tracing the history of the crisis, LEADERSHIP Weekend discovered that the land is engulfed in serious dispute as the original owner is said to have sold it to more than a buyer, including one Papa Akomai who eventually asked the Hausas to take over the market for their businesses and residential purposes.
“The last time the local government authority and some occupants whose houses can only be accessed via the market brought waste managers to clean up the market, it will surprise you how Fulani boys came out in numbers and stopped them.” “Elders of Urhobo land and leaders of Urhobo Progressive Union need to caution these kings and elders in the land before everyone will suffer the backlash.
The Warri South Local Government Boss, Dr Michael Tidi, who called for a meeting with the owner of the land, the Hausa leaders, the councilor representing Ubeji Ward, Hon Victor Osanweren and Commissioner of Police, Delta State, Muhammed Ali, said no construction should be done on the land until the police investigation is concluded, despite pressure from the Hausa Community and Papa Akomai.
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