Enugu New Artisan Market: Ohanaeze demands arrest, prosecution of AK-47 wielding cattle dealers
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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has condemned the fracas witnessed in Enugu on Thursday involving Hausa-Fulani cattle dealers at the New Artisan Market, Enugu.
DAILY POST reported that an attempt to relocate the traders following a court order was stoutly resisted, with some of the dealers shooting AK-47 rifles.
They were said to have destroyed vehicles, including the bulldozer deployed for the enforcement, other vehicles and properties after chasing the police away.
Reacting to the development after visiting the area on Friday, the OYC in a statement signed by its President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, and the Secretary-General, Comrade Obinna Achuonye, said the incident was unacceptable.
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