The Northern Community in Umuchieze Cattle Market in Umunneochi Local government Area of Abia has appealed to Gov. Alex Otti to allow them to reside inside the market.
He had insisted that the government was going ahead with its plan to make the market non-residential.Reacting to the order, the Spokesman for the community, Buba Abdullahi, expressed their dissatisfaction with the government’s position. According to him, if the government would fence the market, demolish our houses and ask us to go and live in the neighbouring villages, it means it has automatically chased us away from Abia.“This is the reason there are many southerners in the North doing their businesses without harassment and threats of eviction.