Other defendants in the suit, which has Messrs Anekwe Joseph, Emeka Madiebo and Echezona Nwajiaku for themselves and on behalf of the over 100 affected traders as plaintiffs, are the Awka Capital Territory Development Authority, ACTDA, Awka South local government area and the state Attorney General.
Activist drags Soludo, Ngige, Obi, Obiano to court over alleged use of undemocratic officials to run LGs Ogbuzor, who appeared with Nwator and J.O. Obiasi, said what happened at the market was a rude shock because some government functionaries went to the market and demolished it, caring less about its effects on the traders who own the shops.
Giving the history of the market, the leader of the affected traders, Mr. Joseph Anekwe, said they started development at the building materials market in 1997, adding that they were surprised to see the defendants in July last year, telling them that all their allocations had been revoked on the basis that people were not occupying them.