By Godwin Oghre
Delta state Commissioner for Transport, Barr. Ben Ibakpa has said that the state government will not tolerate any act of insubordination on the part of erring traders found to be rebuilding any demolished illegal structure across the state, just as he confirmed that no fewer than 97 market stores have been completed and ready for allocation to traders in Sapele.

The commissioner who Friday made the disclosure while supervising the demolition exercise in Sapele, Sapele Local Government Council, also confirmed that the state governor, Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan, has directed the Ministry of Housing, to allocate the stores to traders.

He spoke when Saturday Vanguard requested for his opinion on the fate of protesting traders whose means of livelihood have been ruined in the ongoing demolition exercise, most of who confirmed that they might have to embarrass the government by ravaging and loitering the streets with crime and commercial sex work to eke out a living.

Barr. Ibakpa who frowned at the manner in which some traders have begun rebuilding illegal structures already demolished by the state government also reiterated government’s determination to return again to demolish any illegal structure currently being rebuilt by recalcitrant traders in the area, saying that, “Government will not tolerate insubordination on the part of the traders.”