PANIC AS OYO DEMOLISHES SHOP IN POPULAR IBADAN MARKET. (PHOTO).

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 Panic as Oyo demolishes shop in popular Ibadan market Panic gripped residents and traders of the popular Ojoo market in the Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State as the government demolished scores of shops and kiosks in the area, on Thursday. The PUNCH gathered that the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development had served the traders quit notice a long time ago but they refused to move out of the market. The Chairman of the market,  Muhdeen Ganiyu, fondly called Elewedu, however, told our correspondent that the quit notice was too short but the executive members of all the affected markers would meet after the demolition exercise. “The quit notice was too short. All executive members of all the affected markers will soon meet. So, I cannot say anything for now,” he stated. When contacted, the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Williams Akin-Funmilayo,  confirmed the ongoing demolition exercise. He said, “The State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had gone ther

IGBO ELITES HAVE NOT COME IN TERMS WITH IPOB AND THEIR PATTERNS- SENATOR IKE EKWEREMMADU. (PHOTO).



“If Biafra is achieved today, who's going to lead the Igbos? You don't look for Independence when you are not fully ready for it. It's a process, a gradual process that requires time, finance, and agreement. 

"You don't just wake up and start agitating for Independence, you might get it but it'll take time. Since IPOB and other freedom fighters from the East have been fighting for Biafra, have they gotten it? The question is why? Because the Igbo elites have not come in terms with them and their patterns. 

"Until we agree to seat with them, tell them what we want and they too comply, we can then put heads together to see if it's workable. Aside that, I would advise the leadership of IPOB who are my younger brothers and sisters to calm down so that we can see how Nigeria can be restructured to our own benefits because we are better together in one Nigeria than divided."

 

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