Traders of Suru — Alaba Market, located along Lagos-Badagry Express Way, on Monday, stormed Alausa, Lagos State seat of power to protest against what they described as extortion and threat to close and re-construct the market.
The traders, made up mostly of women, who came in their hundreds, arrived at Alausa in six coaster buses, chanting solidarity songs and calling on the state government to rescue them from extortion by some market leaders through collection of levies. The traders are also demanding that government should clarify the claim that the market had been earmarked for reconstruction when, in actual, fact they have already concluded plans to fence the market as it is being done in other markets along the expressway.
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