The Nigerian Army has reopened the popular Banex Plaza, an electronics and telecoms market in Wuse II, Abuja, after closing it down since Saturday, May 18, 2024.
A shop owner in the adjoining Emab Plaza verified to our correspondent that the plaza had just opened a few hours earlier, at the time of filing this story, and that the shop owners were currently conducting a general meeting.
“Yes, they have reopened. They are having a meeting now; all the shop owners are having a meeting, but I don’t know if they are meeting with the military. They opened the plaza this afternoon, around 2 p.m.,” Somto said.
Chronicle NG reports that the popular market was sealed by the Army on the 18th of May, following attacks on some officers of the army, in a viral video shared on X on the same day.
A phone buyer had reportedly gone with the soldiers to demand a refund from a phone seller from whom he bought a phone, which then became faulty.
The Nigerian Army is reported to have also detained a shop owner, Caleb Onyemaechi, at the Mambilla Barracks, Asokoro, Abuja, over the clash and also arrested some people whom they claimed were involved in the assault.
