In accordance with SaharaReporters, troops of the Nigerian Military have shut down the favored Tune cattle and grains market in Adamawa State, SaharaReporters has learnt.
Merchants recounted that the troopers allegedly demanded hundreds of thousands of naira to permit gross sales.
A dealer who pleaded to be nameless instructed SaharaReporters on Thursday that "the troopers requested for enormous amount of cash to permit us transact enterprise. They got here out overtly and straight ahead with the demand; we both give or keep out of enterprise. We requested why they had been doing this to us, the top of the troops replied that it was an order from above.
When contacted, the Brigade Commander of the 23 brigade Yola, Brigadier Normal Aminu Garba Mustapha, nevertheless, stated the market was shut briefly to test the actions of terrorists.
"The market was closed for reasons of security concern. Intelligence confirmed terrorists are sending rustled cattle to sell in the market", he added.
In the identical vein, the district head of Tune, Alhaji Ahmadu Saidu, instructed SaharaReporters that "I'm not aware of any attempt to extort the traders. The soldiers informed me that they shut down the market to investigate something related to terrorism."
Recall that on December 14, 2021, SaharaReporters had reported {that a} native weekly market was shut down by the Nigerian Military in Adamawa State over worry of assaults by bandits and different terror components.
Army sources had instructed SaharaReporters that Golongtabal market within the Gombi Native Authorities Space was shut all the way down to avert infiltration by terrorist teams.
The Brigade Commander of the 23 Brigade, Yola, had disclosed that the measure was taken to safeguard the neighborhood.
