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Traders Protest In Computer Village
Following an ejection notice served to them by the Police Wives Association (POWA), traders at POWA Phase 2 Plaza in Computer Village, Ikeja on Friday staged a protest.
The traders while singing songs of protest, displayed card boards with various inscriptions, some of which read: Alleviate poverty not create poverty; Oga developer why have you chosen to to displace over 5, 000 families, Mr IG, don’t condone illegalities, no vacancy here among others.
In a chat with newsmen, the Chairman of the plaza, Trust Tobechukwu Onyenekwe, said: “This plaza was beautified by us but suddenly we got an eviction notice. They said the plaza would be demolished and rebuilt within three months. We are not comfortable with that because there is nothing that guarantees our return. We have met with some authorities who are concerned.
“But when another letter came that we must leave under three months, which ends in November, we thought it wise to let other Nigerians feel our plight. We are appealing to relevant authorities to do something about this.
“We are law abiding citizens of this nation and we have been very cooperative with our landladies who have not given us any notice to vacate. When this came to us, it was a surprise because we don’t know where to go. We have made ourselves very clear that our rents are still running till 2023. We have bank facilities that we are servicing. If we are evicted, we would not be able to pay the loans that we took and take care of our families.
“We have about 105 shops and over 3, 000 people working here. We have met our landladies who unequivocally told us they were not ejecting us and that they didn’t even believe what we were telling them.”
Effort to speak with the Lagos Police Command spokesman, DSP Bala Elkana and the Force’s PRO, Frank Mba was unsuccessful.
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