Following
the crisis in the Mile 12-Ketu area of Lagos State last week, the State
House of Assembly has called on the state government to consider a
relocation of the Mile 12 market.
Reacting
to the crisis that occurred in the market last week, where some people
lost their lives and properties destroyed, the House said, under matter
of urgent public importance moved by the lawmaker representing Oshodi
Isolo Constituency II, Hon. Jude Idimogu that the incident was
unfortunate and should be avoided.
The
Assembly consequently called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to relocate
Mile 12 and Owode Onirin Markets to another location after conducting
necessary feasibility studies and when accompanying infrastructures must
have been provided.
While
commiserating with the family of those, who lost their lives in the
incident, the House condemned the killings and the attitude of soldiers
stationed at the market, but who could not prevent the crisis.
The
House then called on Governor Akinwunmi Ambode to constitute a
high-powered enquiry into the crisis and punish the perpetrators.
The
Speaker of the House, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa had earlier said that the
incident was a result of disagreement amongst brothers, adding that the
state government should summon courage and come up with a political will
on the issue.
“Soldiers have been stationed at the market since 1999, yet they have not been able to solve the problem. There is a police station there, what did the DPO do, when the incident occurred.
“It is a market without structure, we can move the market to another place if we can provide an alternative. We should look at a new planning, we cannot have such a market at the centre of a megacity,” he said.
He
emphasized that the matter should be investigated and that the culprits
should be brought to book, and that the military men stationed at the
market should be investigated since they could not do anything about the
matter before it got out of hand, while also suggesting provisions of
CCTV in our markets.
But
Hon. Gbolahan Yishawu suggested that the matter should be properly
investigated to avoid a -re-occurrence rather than just relocating the
market.
Deputy
Speaker of the House, Hon. Wasiu Sanni Eshinlokun stressed that the
market was not well organised and that a visit to the place would
revealed that it is not a conventional market.
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