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Thursday 4 August 2016



Fir for fire: Igbo Traders Shutdown Kano Over the Killings of Their Kinsmen

August 04, 2016
Obviously enraged by the killings of their people in Kano, traders of Igbo descent have shown their disapproval in the state. 

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Following cold-blooded murder of their colleagues and relatives in Kano State in re­cent times, Igbo traders and businessmen in the state, staged a peaceful protest.
 
They staged the protest yesterday to ex­press their displeasure over the killings.
 
The victims included Mr. Tochukwu Augustine Ilo who was killed by the operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad a week ago and Mrs. Bridget Agbaheme, who was hacked to death by Islamic extremists for alleged blasphe­my.
 
According to Daily Post, the protest, which held amid tight security by the police and other security agencies, com­menced with the closure of thousands of shops owned by Igbo traders in the different markets in the metropolis as early as 6 00am.
 
Affected were the Abubakar Rimi Market, the Iron and Steel Market in Kofar Ruwa, Kofar Wambai Market, including shops and small businesses that line the streets of Sabon-Garri metro area.
 
Over 5,000 traders and businessmen converged at the Rumfa Primary School, Enugu Road, Sabon Garri, Kano where the mourners assembled, Sun reports.
 
Chairman of the Sabon-Garri Market Igbo Traders As­sociation, who addressed the press, condemned the brutal murder of his member, saying he was a good man killed in bad taste.
 
Eze Ndigbo Kano, Chief Boniface Ibekwe disclosed the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi 11 had waded into the issue, assuring the traders of the determination of the monarch to ensure that justice was done


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