Goods and kiosks worth millions of Naira have been set ablaze in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, allegedly on the order of Governor Kayode Fayemi’s aide, Chief Femi Olanrewaju.

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Olanrewaju, otherwise known as Ijakoko, who is the Chairman of Ekiti State Traffic Management Agency, invaded the popular Oja Oba Market in Ado Ekiti, today, to enforce the stay at home order of the governor.

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Goods paraded by the traders, who were in the market to make Easter sales, were destroyed while others were set ablaze and with their kiosks.
Attempt by the traders to explain that they came to the market to make some sales in order to feed their families, more so that they were among those exempted by the government fell on deaf ears.
Some of the traders, who made attempts to salvage their goods were brutalized by the task force members.
They wept profusely as they watched their goods and kiosks being set ablaze the Governor Fayemi’s aides.

In an interview, Olanrewaju said that the traders have been warned several times to vacate the market to maintain social distancing in order to check the spread of covid 19.
He denied the allegation that there goods were burnt, saying members of the joint taskforce in the state only set ablaze kiosks used for displaying their goods on the road.
