The leader of traders in Lagos and the Iyaloja General of Nigeria, Mrs Folashade Tinubu-Ojo, has said that some traders in the Computer village market who protested against the appointment of Iyaloja and Babaloja in the market on Tuesday were ill-informed.

Addressing a press briefing on Wednesday, Tinubu-Ojo, said all the markets in the state were under her control and the computer village market cannot be an exception.


According to our constitution, I can choose anybody from any local government in the state to head the market, all the iyaloja and babaloja in all the Lagos markets are my representatives in the market where they operate. Kindly educate them that phones, handsets, computers are commodities.

“They cannot tell us they are not pepper sellers, everybody cannot be textile dealers; they can’t tell us that computer village will be exonerated from other markets. We have the right to choose for them Iyaloja and Babaloja."


“Those people protesting never approached me to complain. They don’t have the initiative that the person leading the protest has finished his tenure and wants to remain in power."

“Computer village is not just an ICT hub, there are a lot of commodities being sold there; nobody can say it is wrong to select a babaloja and iyaloja for the market. Those that have been selected were not selected because they are Yoruba, in some of our markets in Lagos we have Igbos that were selected as market leaders,” Tinubu-Ojo said.


She said the appointment of Mrs Abisola Azeez and Mr Adeniyi Babalola, as Iyaloja and Babaloja of Computer Village respectively was done to maintain peace in the market among the traders.

https://punchng.com/i-can-choose-anybody-to-head-computer-village-market-tinubu-ojo/amp/

Still bad

The way we abuse power in this country is pathetically amazing ....

Computer village is the most peaceful market in lagos.Besides it reputation for criminal elements that the market leaders fail to curb.Maybe because there is no agbero who are harassing traders for owo Ile .
However, madam,you are enjoying the glory of your father who is the chairman of agbero in lagos.When he is erase,your reign as the iyaloja will cease to exist.

why are Igbos protesting in Lagos?

Imagine

Hdh

this is critical

These protesters are indeed deluded group of people.

Market is market in Lagos. How can that one carrying a placard that says computer village is an ICT hub and not pepper sellers, it's amazing how these guys thinks they can decide what happens in another man's land.

What happens to when in Rome, behave like and obey the Roman laws.

This is just bad...no matter the language you speak.

Power intoxicates, absolute power intoxicates absolutely

Nice one

sunnyside16:
Power intoxicates, absolute power intoxicates absolutely

What is the abuse or intoxication here?

How do you describe the rude defiance and invective laid by non indigenes calling Lagos "a no man's land"?

Sarcasm

This is absolutely wrong, since she was given the title of iyaloja by Ọba Akinolu, she can not enforce her authority over places that are not under the Dominion of Ọba of Lagos, he authority should not go beyond Lagos Island, there is nothing like Iyaloja general, what will the iyoloja of ikorodu, EPE and Badagry now be or do, this is wrong if the state house of assembly passed any law to back this abnormally, the court should be approached, it's high time real indigenous people of Lagos steps in, this their silence and I don't care attitude will keep on costing them their real place in Lagos politics, you can't impose people to be collecting money on your behalf in places that is not under your dominion.

Scammers.

Non IT literate villagers trying to head computer village.

Ipob pigs

How markets

what can I say?

Chai....


Them never become president o.



Well every empire rise to fall

Iyanmiris right now.

Unnecessary tension and potential crises.
Why not allow the marketers choose their leaders themselves as done everywhere?

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Mmmmm

I thought markets due elect their leaders.

The Iyaloja is right though