Anambra: Traders protest against Onitsha Main Market shutdown

News Anambra: Traders protest against Onitsha Main Market shutdown Published on January 27, 2026 By Vanessa Onah googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1500386953281-8'); }); Traders in Onitsha Main Market, Anambra State, took to the streets on Tuesday in protest against efforts to enforce Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s directive to close the facility. Videos circulating online show large groups of traders marching through the market area, singing praises of the detained Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, leader, Nnamdi Kanu. Some traders opened their shops in defiance of the governor’s order. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1524595905268-5'); }); DAILY POST reports that Governor Soludo had on Monday criticized the continued adherence to the sit-at-home order, questioning why shops remained closed despite the relative peace and calm in Anambra. He subsequently ordered the shit down kg the Onitsha Main Market till next week Monday. Don't Miss Be vigilant or your freedom vanish before your eyes – Peter Obi to Nigerians You may like Sit-at-home: Anambra loses N8bn every Monday – Commissioner Soludo enforces closure of Onitsha Main Market with armoured tanks, heavily armed police CDHR condemns closure of Onitsha Main Market, calls for immediate reopening Sit-at-home: IPOB dares Soludo, tells Onitsha Main Market traders to open shops Sit-at-home: Soludo shuts Onitsha Main Market, threatens one-month closure Anambra ADC chairman confirms massive influx into party since Peter Obi’s entry

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