The State Attorney-General and
Commissioner for Justice Mr. Peter Mrakpor has allayed the fears of over 200
Market Women from Sapele Local Government who defied the heavy down pour
to meet with Officials of the Ministry of Justice that Government will look
into their grievances.
The Attorney-General who was
addressing the Market Women shortly after a Mediation Meeting to resolve all
the contenting issues between the over 900 Traders who claimed that they are
being deprived of their rights to possession of stores allocated to them by the
previous administration and the State Government in one hand and the Sapele
Local Government in another hand, charged the traders to be calm as Government
will look into their claims and proffer solution to the controversy surrounding
the allocations of stores at the Sapele Ultra-Modern Market.
Speaking on behalf of the Traders,
the President of the Delta State Traders and Market Leaders, Chief Mrs. Queen
Macgrey Aminoma expressed the frustration of over 900 Traders from Sapele of
their inability to have free access to the stores allocated to them by the
previous administration even after the payments of one year rent into
Government Account for the said stores.
Mrs. Queen Macgrey while lamenting
the incessant harassment of her Members allegedly by agents of the Sapele Local
Government, expressed satisfaction by the steps taken by the Attorney-General
in resolving the issue that is already a subject of litigation. She said as law
abiding citizens, they had earlier sought for judicial remedy to the
controversy by instituting legal action against the parties.
She appealed to the State
Government to prevail on the Sapele Local Government from further harassment of
its members even as she pleaded with the Attorney-General to expedite action
towards amicable resolution of the dispute.
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