Igbo traders and businessmen in Kano State, yesterday staged
a peaceful protest to express their displeasure over the spate of cold-blooded
murder of their colleagues and relatives in the state in recent times.
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.
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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