Chairman, Galadima Road Traders Association, Kano state, Mustapha Shu’aibu Sulaiman, yesterday narrated how suspected members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), attacked their trucks carrying palm oil from the eastern part of the country to Kano State.
His words: “Two trucks fully loaded with palm oil belonging to our members were attacked in Nsukka Local Government in Enugu state on their way to Kano state from South East on Sunday. The two trucks were carrying 2,544 jerry cans of palm oil; one was carrying 1,056, while the other was carrying 1,488.
“When they were stopped, our drivers left the trucks and ran into the bush to save their lives, and this is how the IPOB members set the trucks ablaze.
“Some of these traders wanted to take laws into their hands through reprisal attacks, but because we have a Police outpost in the market; I coordinated them all in the Police station through the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) there”, he stated.
He said the value of the vehicles and the goods is worth over N80 million.
“It is painful for someone to lose something this way, but thank God we have succeeded in changing their thoughts on the issue with the help of the police without the situation going out of hand. We don’t want them to offend any innocent person.
He further said, “We want the federal government to compel Enugu State government to compensate us for everything that was burnt.
“We also want our lawmakers to present a Motion before the National Assembly on the need to put an end to all these. Even during the #EndSARS protest, over eight trucks belonging to northerners were burnt down and nothing was done. Now they are at it again.
“We are also planning on instituting a legal action against them”, he further stated.
