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No fewer than 1000 traders of the Abakaliki building materials market were on Monday morning displaced following the demolition of the market by the Ebonyi State government.
The incident happened in the early hours of Monday when the state government sent in bulldozers to demolition the premises following the court order to demolish the market.
Tribune Online gathered that the directive was given to the traders by the state government to evacuate the premises and move to their permanent site which is located along Abakaliki – Afikpo Road expired on February 28, 2021.
However, with the expiration of the date, the demolition took some traders unaware as the new market is yet to be completed.