The Anambra State Government, has sealed off the popular Tomato Market, Onitsha, in Idemili North Local Government Area of the state.
Managing Director of OCHA Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere said the state government is relocating the market because it is now overcrowded and has provided a better and conducive site for the traders to transact and do their businesses.
He however frowned at the action of the traders for attacking his men who had come to carry out government directive but expressed gratitude to God that no life was lost.
He said, how can a tomato trader employ hoodlums with cutlasses to fight the decision of the state government and insisted that no matter the propaganda, the directive of the state government will be carried out to the latter as no amount of antics can stop them from carrying out the assignment given to them by the state government.
He also said the market was given notice of relocation and evacuation more than a month ago following constant traffic congestion along the area and robberies, saying that these ruin the aesthetics of the state and encouraged them to be law abiding citizens and comply with the directive of the state government”, he added.
