Akure, the Ondo State capital, was on Tuesday thrown into pandemonium as persons suspected to be hoodlums, backed by bulldozers, allegedly demolished shops and destroyed goods worth millions of naira, leaving scores of traders counting huge losses and pleading for government intervention.
It was gathered that the hoodlums invaded the popular FUTA South Junction with bulldozers in the early hours of Tuesday to cause mayhem.
The attackers, said to be about 20 in number, reportedly descended on the commercial hub in the early hours of the day, pulling down containers and destroying provisions, food items, household goods, soft drinks, sachet water, and other merchandise despite frantic protests from affected traders.
BusinessDay reports that the incident is believed to be connected to a lingering ownership dispute over the land, with traders claiming they became victims of conflicting claims by different parties.
Our Correspondent, who was at the scene of the incident
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