IBADAN– TRADERS in Bodija market,
yesterday, counted their losses in
attacks by unknown gunmen which left
10 of their colleagues dead.
While speaking on the sad incident at
Bodija Market, Public Relations Officer of
the market, Mr. Emiola Akeem, said they
had lost a total of 14 members and more
than N33 million in the two attacks.
FOR SLAIN IBADAN TRADERS—
Sympathisers and relations of 10 Bodija
Market traders killed at Mugunu in Borno
State by members of Boko Haram weep
as their bodies were brought back to
Ibadan, Tuesday. Photos: Dare Fasube.
He said: “On May 5, this year, four of our
members were murdered in cold blood
and N11 million was stolen from them.
This time again, after killing them, they
stole N22 million we contributed to buy
beans and fish.”
Meantime, even as business activities
resumed generally at the popular
market, the section for beans sellers was
deserted with all the shops locked up.
The traders who managed to come only
gathered in clusters discussing the sad
incident.
One of the traders, Mrs. Bola Lawal, said
the action was just to sympathise with
their dead colleagues.
She said: “We closed our shops just to
mourn our dead colleagues. Look at their
shops there. They were very nice and
hard-working young men. See what
these evil people have done now?”
Emiola said he had prevailed on some
angry youths who wanted to attack our
Hausa colleagues, adding: “We cannot
protest in Oyo State. The state
government did not do any evil to us. It
would be unfair if we now go to the
secretariat to protest. It is not the state
government that failed, it is the Federal
Government.”
According to him, his members would
never go to the North again to buy
goods.
He said the relatives of the slain traders
in the first attack were even fighting
them asking why they allowed their
people to travel to North when they
knew the place was not safe.
Vanguard gathered that of the 10 men
killed in te latest attack, only nine
corpses were brought as the 10th body
was said to have been dismembered
through several machete cuts.

Our over-dependence on these people for food is our main problem. Useless people!!!