Kano — The closure of the drug market in Sabon Gari Market, formerly called Abubakar Rimi Market, by the Kano state government took a nasty turn when a group of aggrieved drug traders launched attack on other traders at the market, warning them to also close their businesses.
The attack on Wednesday, which left a jeweler and another trader seriously injured, was part of a long drawn battle between the government and the drug sellers operating under the banner of the National Association of Patent and Propriety Medicines (NAPPMED).
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