Over 30 People Including Pregnant Women Injured As Tradesmen Clash In Onitsha Market

Date: 24-05-2015 7:26 am (8 years ago) | Author: Daniel Bosai
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At least five pregnant women and 30 others are now receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital in Onitsha, following various degrees of injuries they sustained in the traderstouts clash in Onitsha, Anambra State. The touts and their leaders, according to sources, stormed Onitsha Main Market along Sokoto/Haruna Streets, looting and carting away goods and wares of traders.



The touts who claimed they working with decongesting unit of a private company engaged by the state government was inaugurated early this week by the State Governor, Chief Willie Obiano.

The touts and some of the officials told the traders that they are officials of the state government when they stormed the market with three buses and immediately descended on the traders, destroying their make-shift shops and wares which they alleged is causing obstruction. Some of the traders who put up some resistance were allegedly beaten to stupor.

The pregnant women who spoke to journalists shortly after the incident said that the touts and their leader told them authoritatively that they are from the Ministry of Transportation, Awka, the state capital.

“When they came, they started destroying our goods, while some of them are pulling down our shops and others were beating anyone who resists them. They told us that they are members of the decongestion unit but they are members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra and market touts who disguise themselves.

They later took our wares to their hideouts along the Niger Street before we discovered that they are not government officials,” one of the women said. Some of the traders who were rescued by the policemen from Fegge Division narrated their ordeal in the hands of the touts. Two of the victims Messrs Chika Nweke and Okechukwu who received bottle cuts claimed they demanded between N4, 000 to N10, 000 for the release of any goods confiscated.

Posted: at 24-05-2015 07:26 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- beneno at 24-05-2015 08:24 AM (8 years ago)
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Eyaaaah
Posted: at 24-05-2015 08:24 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- echeeche at 24-05-2015 08:42 AM (8 years ago)
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ok
Posted: at 24-05-2015 08:42 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- PoliticxGuru at 24-05-2015 09:30 AM (8 years ago)
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Naija where we dey go?Huh??
Posted: at 24-05-2015 09:30 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- emmanuelokek at 24-05-2015 11:14 AM (8 years ago)
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jungle
Posted: at 24-05-2015 11:14 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- angesco at 24-05-2015 11:26 AM (8 years ago)
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Typical. Everyhing is done from the barrel of a gun or by physical aggression in Nigeria. It is understandable that the government is trying to remove an obstruction but resorting violence to achieve this. Dialogue between government and its people should never breakdown however long it takes!
Posted: at 24-05-2015 11:26 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Abubu86 at 24-05-2015 12:25 PM (8 years ago)
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That's bad
Posted: at 24-05-2015 12:25 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- HOPEA23 at 24-05-2015 12:44 PM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: angesco on 24-05-2015 11:26 AM
Typical. Everyhing is done from the barrel of a gun or by physical aggression in Nigeria. It is understandable that the government is trying to remove an obstruction but resorting violence to achieve this. Dialogue between government and its people should never breakdown however long it takes!
enough of all these grammers.....your pple .your state...arm robbers
Posted: at 24-05-2015 12:44 PM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- yinkoozz at 24-05-2015 01:33 PM (8 years ago)
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Biafra dey attack their own people again? Nawa Oooo, this just describe what the biafra state intends doing. If u don't belong, u can't be recognised brain washing people's brain. *smh*
Posted: at 24-05-2015 01:33 PM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- SOGaiya at 24-05-2015 02:14 PM (8 years ago)
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Wat a country
Posted: at 24-05-2015 02:14 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Ibeawuchisamuel at 24-05-2015 03:09 PM (8 years ago)
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Jobless men bad movement
Posted: at 24-05-2015 03:09 PM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- fearlesspaul at 24-05-2015 04:08 PM (8 years ago)
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where are those calling for them to be given Biafra?
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- omoafolabi84 at 25-05-2015 11:11 AM (8 years ago)
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Claiming and shouting of BIAFRA here and there, is this what you guys are going to be doing? crazy biafrian, God bless Nigeria n nigerian
Posted: at 25-05-2015 11:11 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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