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| Lagos Traders display wares on Roadsides ( Pix used for illustration) |
Officials of the Kick Against Indiscipline Brigade,
KAI, in Lagos State, today decried the continued flouting of the state's law against roadside trading, especially by business men and women in Obalende.
They said the attitude of the traders was sabotaging efforts to instill decency
and cleanliness in the strategic Lagos town.
The officials who stormed the area in their numbers
this morning, expressed regret that although they regularly come there for
enforcement, the traders immediately returned to the roads and blocking them with
their wares, as soon as they leave the vicinity.
According to our correspondents, the angry KAI officials, one
of them named, Mr. Adeosun Adewale yelled at the traders and threatening to
seize their commodities.
"Why are you people behaving like this. You will block everywhere. This was a place we tidied the other day; now everywhere has been covered with all manner of wares", said Mr. Adewale.
The officials, said even after flouting the laws
against road side trading, some of the traders went ahead spreading untrue
rumours that KAI officials intimidated them without any cause.
"If we return to this place
and still find these things, (pointing at a heap of fruits and nuts
displayed for sale by a woman), we will seize everything. This is how
you people show disregard to the laws; but when your wares are seized ,
you go about carrying false rumours and even reporting to the police and
your relatives in authority , that KAI has arrested you without
committing any offence", he concluded.
Our correspondent reports that, as early
as 6 am, the traders have already covered the newly cleared open places at
Obalende bus stop, with assorted types of wares including books, different
types of fruits and nuts, and bottled drinks.
By Innocent Onoh
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