Water scarcity has hit Hotoro Danmarke and environs in Kano metropolis following a protest by water vendors in the area.
The protest, Daily Telescope gathered followed a misunderstanding between the residents and vendors over alleged attack of a water vendor by some residents.
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Daily Telescope learnt that the water vendor was said to have been assaulted by some residents of the area after refusing to sell water to one of them.
A water vendor, Malam Yahuza Lawan, said they suspended their business in protest of the injustice mated on one of their members.
Lawan explained that “a resident asked the vendor that was assaulted to sell some Jerry cans of water to him but the man told him that all the Jerry cans were sold to another customers and that he was on his way to deliver the water to the man.
“Despite their insistence to buy the water, the water vendor refused to succumb to their request. Argument erupted between the vendor and residents which later turns violent.
”The residents, therefore, descended on the water vendor, as a result they injured him in eye.
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“The man was rushed to the hospital for treatment and doctors have confirmed that he had lost one of his eyes. It is unfortunate that at this era people can still take laws into their hands.
Adamu Khalil, an operator of water-selling point, said he had closed his water-selling point in solidarity to the protesting water vendors.
“We have shut down our businesses until the right thing is done. We heard that the principal suspect was arrested by officers of Hotoro Police Division. We want justince to be done to the water vendor,” Khalil said.
Daily Telescope observed that the protest had caused water scarcity to Hotoro and environs as places like Danmarke, Hotoro Bayan Depot, Unguwa Uku Kauyen Alu among other areas were seriously hit by the water scarcity.
When contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer of Kano State Police Command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the incident, said he get back to this reporter as soon as he got details of the incident.
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