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ALABA RAGO MARKET: HAUSA/FULANI TRADERS SLAM N50M LAWSUIT ON LAGOS, OTHERS OVER EVICTION NOTICE, ALLEGED DISCRIMINATION.



The Lagos State Government, alongside two of its Commissioners and Inspector General of Police have been dragged before the Federal High Court, Lagos over eviction notice issued to the Hausa/Fulani traders at Alaba Rago Market.


 

The traders in the suit which also includes the Commander, Lagos Rapid Response Squad (RRS) and Lagos State Environmental and Special Offencies Unit (Task Force) as respondents were claiming the sum of N50 Million as damages from the respondents for allegedly discriminating them as Hausa/Fulani.


The suit was instituted against the respondents by the traders’ leaders.

Listed as applicants are Alhaji HusaiiI Muhammed Lajawa, Alhaji Hamisu Mansur, Alhaji Muhammed Aminu and Pastor J.T. Assan.


Among the reliefs which the applicants were seeking for before the court are; 


“A declaration that the removal notice pasted only on the applicants at the market, who are Nigerian of the Hausa/Fulani extraction on the basis of their tribe, while none was served on the Igbo and Yoruba who occupies Alaba International Market and Tanzan Market respectfully is discriminatory and a breach of the Applicant’s fundamental right as guaranteed by Section 42 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.


“A decalaration that the removal notice pasted on the applicants property at the market who are Nigeria of the Hausa/Fulani extraction without any justifiable reason and thereby denying the applicants of their means of livelihood and in breach of the Applicants Fundamental Right to life as provided and guaranteed under Section 33 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.”


“An Order of Injuction restraining the respondents from removing the applicants from their section of Alaba Rago Market, Ojo Local Government Area of Lagos State without any alternative validly allocated to them by the respondents”.


The applicants’ suit were supported with 22 paragraph affidavit, and according to their counsel, O.K. Salawu and S.A. Salaudeen.


Suit has been served on all the respondents while no date has been fixed by the Court for the hearing of the suit.

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