Make we gist! Governor Chukwuma Soludo don order dat dem go close Onitsha Main Market for one week. Why? Because traders no wan gree open shop on Mondays again, and e dey affect state money! Na wa o!
Dem don say this shut down dey cost Anambra State about ₦8 billion every Monday, while the rest of South-East dey lose ₦19.6 billion every week. Soludo no gree sit down make small boys dey disrupt big business!
Governor no wan hear word. Him talk say if dem no gree follow instructions, the market fit dey closed for up to one month. If you dey among those wey dey try disturb the peace for market, Abeg run! E go bad for una.
Security matter no be joke! As we speak, police and military people dey patrol inside and around Onitsha Main Market. Dem don bring armoured vehicles, and dem dey block roads to make sure everything dey okay. Na only law-abiding citizens go fit do business without wahala!
SP Tochukwu Ikenga, wey dey represent the police, don talk say security no be joke, as dem waka go all corners to keep eye on the market. He assure people say everything dey under control inside Anambra.
But e no be everybody wey gree with Soludo o! Some traders dey complain say Monday na their only rest day. One trader, Mr. Mbabefo, talk say dem no gree to trade every day, make government fit leave dem make dem rest small.
Wetin we go talk? Na the same traders feel say dem no go fit comply with the governor’s order to open Monday shops. IPOB join the matter, talk say dem no go allow Soludo intimidate dem to open shops.
As we dey yan this matter now, Onitsha dey quiet but traders dey dey stranded as police dey block dem from entering. Some dey shout for help, dey plead make governor consider dem. If dem no gree gree open market, wetin go happen next?
Omo, na serious matter! This closure fit change as time dey go, and we go dey bring you updates as e dey happen. No forget say if you dey for Anambra, make you dey alert and no join security wahala. Stay tuned for more gist!
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