By Emmanuel Udom
Civil Liberties Organisation, Ogun state chapter,
south-west Nigeria is threatening to sue Ibikunle Amosun, governor of the state, over the closure of Ota markets,
shops.
Comrade Yemi Enitan, chairman of Ogun CLO in a press statement yesterday said that business
activities in Sango Ota were clamped down by the Ogun State government
shortly after the yuletide.
According to
Enitan, thousands of traders at
Sango garage and Ota as a whole who strife to make ends meet after the yuletide were deprived of
their rights to do their respective businesses, which give them their daily bread, giving excuse
of refuse littered in the area.
“This attitude is completely against the fundamental
right of the traders and the residents of the area, insisting that CLO frowns at this
undemocratic and autocratic attitude of the governor”, he said.
His words, we therefore warn Governor Ibikunle Amosun to rescind such behavior or he be taken up
legally.
Enitan further
explained that there is no gain saying the fact
that he has done a good thing by noticing how messy the area is and
now taking measures on how to sanitise it even though the traders give
flimsy excuses of the yuletide for such dirtiness, yet the sanitary officers and Ado Odo / Ota Local
government are those to be held responsible for not performing their duties
as expected.
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