The traders narrated how they were sent out of the market and their wares destroyed for supporting the opposition party.
Traders in different markets in Lagos have narrated how their wares were destroyed by thugs for supporting the PDP governorship candidate, Abdulazeez ‘Jandor’ Adediran.
The governorship candidate is on a campaign tour of the 245 wards in the state. He has visited 194 so far.Some thugs mounted roadblocks to prevent the campaign team from accessing the wards while brandishing cutlasses, bottles and stones in the presence of some armed police officers.One of the traders, Adeniyi Idowu, also known as ‘Iyalaya’, a fruit seller at the Jakande market, said that she got a call that the PDP deputy governorship candidate was at the market entrance.
Ms Idowu said that they reported to the Ketu police division but no action was taken. She said since the incident occurred, they had not been able to visit the market.A ‘pomo’ seller, Alimi Tawa, in Agege said that she and her colleague alongside a customer were discussing the negative impact of the economy on their livelihood.
“They said that the market is owned by the APC and not the PDP. They said we should go to PDP market to sell our wares.”He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu failed to condemn the attacks in the state.He added that his deputy, Ms Akindele, was “turned back by thugs” at the fruit market in Kosofe.Despite the attacks on his campaign team, Mr Adediran said that he would not back out.He also noted that nobody has been held accountable by the police.
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