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AT least 150 shops is set for demolition in the commercial city of Onitsha in Anambra State following the building of the shops along the drainage channel and also obstructing road construction going on in the area.
But the traders at Progress Market Extension in Odoakpu Onitsha on Monday threatened to battle the Onitsha South Local Government Area Chairman, Mr Emeka Orji contending that he has no right to do so, adding that they would resist the demolition.
The Onitsha South LG Authority had in a letter to the traders dated June 15, 2023 signed by Mr P. Onuachala, Special Duties Adviser, for Onitsha South Local Government Chairman, given the traders 48 hours told owners/occupiers to dismantle the shops to safe their goods and materials from demolition/enforcement action.
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However, the traders in reply to letter through their lawyers, Chief Ikenna Egbuna, SAN, and Mr. C.M. Obijagwa, Esq, respectively, entitled Re “Final Notice to Remove shops at Progress Market Extension near Haruna Street Odoakpu Onitsha, said their shops were not built on the drainage system where the state government is carrying out expansion work, neither are they obstructing the ongoing construction of a bridge in the area.
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