No fewer than 2,000 traders at Erekesan market in Ado-Ekiti yesterday rushed to beat the deadline given by Governor Ayo Fayose to vacate the market or face forceful eviction.
Few months ago, Governor Fayose was spotted buying food items in the market
SaharaReporters has revealed that no fewer than 2,000 traders at Erekesan market in Ado-Ekiti yesterday, rushed to beat the deadline given by Governor Ayo Fayose to vacate the market or face forceful eviction.
Governor Fayose had in a state broadcast on Tuesday night, declared that there was no going back on the demolition exercise slated to commence on November 8.
The governor, who said he had already paid compensation to the traders, consequently asked them to vacate the market in their own interest and relocate to another existing market at Awedele area of the state capital.
Few weeks ago, the governor was pictured supervising works at a new market in Ekiti
Traders at the market which was located at the centre of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State Capital, were seen moving their wares out of the market to a temporary one situated about a thousand metres away from the old one.
It was revealed that government has also deployed town criers to the market to sensitize the traders about the looming exercise and the need to move out ahead of time in order to avoid forceful eviction.