The shops which are under construction is located at number 11 Gohehol Avenue Marine Modern Market Onitsha in Onitsha South Council Area.
The Joint taskforce led by the officials of Anambra State Physical Planning Board arrived the Onitsha market at the early hours of Wednesday to stop the action of unidentified developer who go about indiscriminately erecting structures and shops in the market.
The Taskforce also demolished an illegal structure built by youths of Ogbunike which blocked the original waterways thereby always causing high rate of erosion and destruction of properties in the area.
They carried out a partial demolition at the airport road where another developer was erecting perimeter fencing and structures without mapping out the required distance from the road.
Also visited was Azu Ogbunike in Oyi Council Area where a contracting firm converted a road project that is supposedly dual carriage road into a narrow one.
Recall that the Taskforce had served stop work notice on the developer who remained adamant.
In an interview with ABS the leader of the Taskforce, Barr. Chike Mmaduekwe said that the developer who has been warned severally to stop remaimed adamant instead he went about attaching structures to old ones in such a way that is contrary to the law of the state.
Barrister Maduekwe further appealled to wealthy developers in the state to support the government in developing the state, using the building codes.
He warned that henceforth, any developer who is caught carrying out unapproved structures such as blocking of the waterways and erecting of unapproved structures in the state will be made to face the full embrace of the law.
Speaking with ABS earlier, Chief Raymond Edozie who is a landlord at the Onitsha Marine Market, expressed sadness over the action of the unidentified builder who have been erecting unapproved structures around the area.
He alleged that he also goes about intimidating and threatening anyone who dares speak up and commended government of Governor Chukwuma Soludo for restoring normalcy to the area.
By Ejike Abana
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