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Photos: Traders at Ketu Burnt Plank Market Counts Their Loses As Gov Begins Reconstruction


Traders at Ketu Burnt plank Market  begins the counting of their Loses and praying for compesation from the government, the government has immediately begins reconstruction of the market, the Traders  has also rejected Government's offer to level devastated area


The plank dealers indicated today that they wanted to avert the likelihood of an undesirable Lagos State Government intervention.
Ketu Burnt Market

During the visit by officials of the government this afternoon, the dealers said they suspect the government secretly wants to take the market from them.  One of them said that  a former Chairman of the Agboyi Ketu Local Government, Mrs. Yetunde Ariobieke, had tried hard to take over the market following a similar fire incident some years back, but had failed.

Describing yesterday’s fire as ‘strange’ and ‘suspicious,’ the affected dealers prayed that the fresh move by the government similarly fails.
Ketu Burnt Market

The visiting officials, who included the Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Wale Ahmed, and the Director-General of the Lagos State Safety Commission, Mrs. Odebunmi Dominga, were shunned by the traders as they tried to explain that the state government’s only intention was to clear the burnt land.
Ketu Burnt Market
Even as Mr. Ahmed tried to assure that trading activities would resume as soon as possible, he was ignored by the traders, who said they have no trust for the administration of Governor Babatunde Fashola whom the officials were representing.

The plank dealers cited the examples of Tejuosho Market in Yaba which was taken over by the State Government after it suffered a similar fire outbreak.

Yesterday’s blaze began at about 8pm Nigerian time.  As of the time of filing this report, affected plank dealers were still scooping water from a nearby drainage to quell the fire in individual shops, ignoring the Fire Service operators and rebuilding their stands.

Ketu Burnt Market

Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market



Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market


Ketu Burnt Market



Ketu Burnt Market

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