Traders at Old Motor Spare Parts (Mgbuka) Nnewi have protested alleged sit-tight tendency, harassment of colleagues with security personnel and lack of accountability in office by their former Chairman, Mr Chinedu Enyeribe.
Angel Network News (ANN) reports that the protesting traders held placards with various inscriptions, matched from the market to Nnewi Police Area Command, where they said some of them have been invited for detention.
Speaking to newsmen, caretaker Committee Chairman of the market, Evangelist Raphael Nwufo alleged that Mr. Enyeribe was elected for a three-year tenure, but before the tenure expired, he caused an amendment on the market constitution and stayed a year longer, after which he has continued to hold on to power for almost seven years.
Nwufo said when the President-General of ASMATA was contacted over the development, he distanced himself from the activities of the accused, reason the traders challenged his continued stay in office, resulting in Mr Enyeribe using the Police and AVG to harass them.
Mr. Enyeribe used of security personnel to intimidate fellow traders, among other infractions. They called for the intervention of relevant stakeholders and Anambra State Government.
Reacting, Enyeribe said all the allegations levelled against him were false, saying that those who are desperate for power hired crowd for the protest after they had attacked him at the market.
Enyeribe claimed that the state asked him to continue in office because of his good works.
