Hundreds of road side traders who were chased from their business places by Adamawa State government as part of preparation for Vice President Osinbajos visit have accused the state government of violating their rights.

The traders including fruit sellers, food sellers, vulcanisers and other small scale business owners said members of the task force appointed by government confiscated their goods which they shared among themselves even when they conducted their business without constituting any problem to traffic or pedestrians.

Osinbanjo is scheduled to commission some road projects in the state on Thursday as part of his one day official visit to the state capital,Yola.

Chairman of the Fruit and Vegetables Sellers Association in the state, Abubakar Mai Dama said the action of the state government had dispossessed hundreds of traders of their hard earned capital, there by plunging families in to hardship.

He wondered how government embarked on demolition of their stands without prior notice or involving the affecting persons who worked hard to survive in the current economic hardship..

A trader who gave his name as Vandi urged politician to always encourage self reliant among the citizens instead of treating them like foreigners, wondering how an elected government could treat tax payers in that manner.

However,the Commissioner for Housing and urban development,.Abubakar Idris Magaji said the excercise had nothing to do with the Vice Presidents visit.

He accused the traders of dumping waste in new drainages and defacing newly constructed roads in the state capital, saying the excercise was in the best interest of the state.

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