It was 11 am. Musa Ali, 35, one of the hundreds of traders retailing children garments and shoes at the Abubakar Rimi Market in Kano, popularly known as ‘Sabon-Gari Market’, had just opened his shop situated in the Red Block Section of the market to begin the usual business activity of the day.
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Adeola Ajakaiye
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