By Daniel Tyokua
The minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Malam Muhammad Bello directed the reopening of Dei-Dei building materials and adjoining markets.
The market was shut by the minister following the riot that erupted at the market last week ago.
Bello after meeting with the stakeholders of Dei-Dei community at the FCDA conference hall on Thursday.
He said all stakeholders at the meeting agreed that the Dei-Dei market violence was not a ethnic inspired incident but a traffic accident that was hijacked by hoodlums.
The minister revealed that the market will be re-organized and placed under relevant and proper supervision.
He said, “We held a very important meeting with the stakeholders of the Dei Dei community, the leadership and the head of that community, His Royal Highness, Dr Idris Musa, MFR, the Sarkin Jiwa and all the leaders of the five major markets within that community, as well as religious leaders.
“Basically, we reaffirmed the need for peace in that community, as well as FCT in general, and discussed at length, all issues relating to last week’s incident that led to the destruction of properties and unfortunately, loss of lives.
“The conclusion of our meeting is that all the communities agreed that what happened was not a tribal or religious crisis. What happened was just an unfortunate accident that was overtaken by hoodlums in the community who created havoc. The general consensus now is that every community will make sure that miscreants and hoodlums are flushed out”.
On the activities of commercial motorcyclists popularly known as Okada, the Minister said that their operations will be brought under full regulation and control.
