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 today.
Newsmen 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 newsmen that the quit notice was too short but the executive members of all the affected markers would meet after the demolition exercise.
When contacted, the Commissioner for Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Williams Akin-Funmilayo, confirmed the ongoing demolition exercise.
Punch/ Oluwabusayo Oyinloye
