Traders Storm Lagos House of Assembly Over Planned Demolition of Market

Traders at Daleko Market in Mushin, Lagos State, on Friday, stormed the Lagos State House of Assembly to protest the planned demolition of their shops in the market.

The traders, who were in their numbers, carried placards with inscriptions urging the speaker of the House to come to their rescue, accusing the Mushin Local Government Council of conniving with a developer to demolish the market and re-allocate the shops to unknown persons.

One of the traders, Dele Apena, said only two weeks notice was given to the traders to vacate the market, arguing that the council had not informed traders of their fate after the reconstruction of the market.

He told the Assembly that the traders had been selling at the market in the last 30 years.

Apena said they got information that the market would be demolished on February 28, pleading with the speaker to use his office to stop the demolition.