Soldiers in sporadic shooting again in Benin, disperse traders

There was sporadic shooting by military operatives who attempted to disperse market women in Benin, Edo State on Wednesday.

The incident occurred at Oregbeni Market, located at Ramat Park, Ikpoba Hill, in Benin.

It was gathered that the soldiers who had earlier arrived in three Hilux van, with a megaphone, warned the market women to vacate the market, reminding them that the 24-hour curfew was still in force.

An eye witness who witness the sporadic shooting, said that the women appeared to linger than the military operatives could bear.

“I was trekking down from Ring Road when we ran into the soldiers at Ramat Park shooting to disperse the traders.

“We heard that they arrived at the market about two hours earlier and warned the traders to pack and go back home. They started shooting when it appears that the women were not in a hurry to leave the market,” the source added.

Another eyewitness, an old woman, told our reporter that she was buying food stuff, when the military operatives opened fire.

She said: “I was buying food stuff when they started shooting. Everyone had to hurriedly leave the market.”