Dei-Dei Crisis: Abuja minister confirms four people killed, orders shutdown of market

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'As a matter of fact, I saw four corpses this is very sad and totally unequivocally unacceptable in Abuja,' the minister says.

Mr Bello, on Wednesday, also ordered the indefinite closure of the Dei-Dei International Market following a clash between commercial motorcyclists and the traders.

Trouble started in the market when a female trader yet to be identified fell off a commercial motorcycle and was crushed to death by an articulated vehicle. “As a matter of fact, I saw four corpses this is very sad and totally unequivocally unacceptable in Abuja. Mr Bello said that there was no tribal or religious misunderstanding because all the leaders of various communities have lived in peace for many years.The Vice-Chairman, Timber Shed Market Dei-Dei, Ifeanyi Chibata, told the minister and his team that 45 to 50 shops were burnt with 25 vehicles set ablaze worth a total of over one billion naira.

Meanwhile, the FCT police restored normalcy in Dei-dei town of Bwari Area Council, following civil unrest in the area.The police stated that the situation was brought under control alongside its sister agencies, as it continued monitoring and surveillance amidst discrete investigation.

 

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“We have agreed with security agencies that full-scale investigations will be done, and the communities have to be part and parcel of the solution 'or else there will be no peace!' Hmm! 'Or else there ll be no peace' language is often taken as a seed n it's not good 4 Abuja o 🤷

Nigeria is really on the edge. Any small thing its straight to intertribal fights, arson and even outright murders of people not from your tribe.

Not by closing the markets, also ban the Okada for the moment, I think this between the traders and Okada, you can't just shut down the market and you allow the okada to be operating.

That he went visit the scene he tried. But i hope he will do the required......

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