Ogun Phone Dealers Protest Police Invasion Of TARMAC

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The members of the Mobile Phone Dealers and Technicians Association of Ogun State (MOPDATEC) on Friday protested against the invasion of the popular phone market in Aboekuta, TARMAC, by operatives of Nigeria Police.

The Nigeria police in their hundreds stormed the market with guns and barricaded the market in the early hours of the day.

One Okeowo Fakoya family from Ibara obtained a court judgment from the Ogun State High Court in February 2020 claiming ownership of the parcel of land housing the phone market.

Findings revealed that a crisis erupted when the chairman of the association, Ifebola Togunwa was arrested by the fierce-looking security operatives who cordoned off all entrances.

The phone sellers who could not have access to their facility approached the police operatives to demand the rationale for their sudden eviction from the business hub and arrest of their chairman.

The police shot sporadically into the air to disperse the protesters and teargas them.

This ugly incident made the phone sellers protest across the street of Abeokuta.

The phone dealers took their protest to the palace of Olubara Ibara, Oba Moses Omolade to express their displeasure.

Addressing the mammoth crowd, the royal father, Oba Omolade assured the protesters to intervene on their behalf with the family.

The protesters thereafter, moved to the Press Centre of Nigeria Union of Journalists at Okelewo, Abeokuta.

Addressing journalists, a member of the MOPDATEC, Comrade Titus Odeyemi called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to intervene in the land tussle.

Titus argued that chasing out the over 3,000 business owners at TARMAC may have negative effects and threaten peaceful coexistence in the state.

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