Political thugs disrupt TraderMoni scheme in Ilorin

Suspected political thugs of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Thursday, invaded the mandate market and Ipata market in Ilorin, Kwara state, chasing away petty traders and TraderMoni agents.
It was gathered that Political thugs prevented the agents of TraderMoni from carrying on
the business of disbursing money to beneficiaries of the TraderMoni scheme.
Witnesses said as early as 9 am, a small mob, some of them wearing PDP Atikulated T-shirts, stormed the market, led by one Alhaja Gazali, insisting that the TraderMoni scheme cannot be conducted in the Mandate market.
According to witnesses, including Bank of Industry (BOI) officials, who were at the market to supervise the enumeration and disbursement of the N10,000 collateral-free loans, the arrival of the mob caused an uproar in the market as many of the traders who were yet to receive their loans were annoyed that the process was disrupted.
This led to chaos which forced the TraderMoni agents to escape as they were chased away.
Officials of the Bank of Industry told reporters that enumeration had been going on in the two markets in Kwara in the last few days and that the vice-president was expected in the markets on Friday.
At the Ipata market where enumeration and disbursement of the TraderMoni loans were also going on, market leaders also reported that a call came about noon today from similar quarters asking the leaders of the market not to cooperate with the enumerators of the TraderMoni scheme.
But the market leaders in Ipata insisted and the process of enumeration and disbursement in Ipata market reportedly proceeded without incident.