Browsing: Onitsha Main Market

This was disclosed in a post shared by Anambra State New Media on Sunday, which stated that the crackdown had begun at the market.

Meanwhile, unverified reports circulating within the market claim that the Chairman of the Onitsha Main Market, Chijioke Okpalaugo, has allegedly stepped down from his position.

The closure had been ordered following traders’ compliance with the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) Monday sit-at-home order, despite repeated government warnings against observing directives from non-state actors.

In several clips, the protesters were heard chanting, “Soludo, we no go gree o,” and “Say no to Monday,” while some traders were seen opening their shops in defiance of the closure order.

The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that Gov. Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra gave the order on Monday in Onitsha shortly after his unscheduled visit to the market.