My people, na wah o! Tension don enter Onitsha Main Market as IPOB don blast Governor Soludo for how him deploy plenty security for market. Dem dey call am barbaric and say e no make sense! IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, craze come talk say wetin happen na violation of human rights and dem dey treat traders like say na war zone.
Abeg, make we clear am, as the governor send police and army go block traders, na because say dem no gree follow wetin him talk about sit-at-home. Emma don dey shout say this one no be governance, but state-sponsored terrorism. He dey urge traders make dem no turn to violence, say dem dey fight for better Biafra.
As we dey yarn dis one, dem traders don gather gidigba to protest for street, waving placards and shouting say make dem remove security wey dey block their shops. Some footage wey we see for social media dey show people dey run for safety as gunfire dey scatter the area. One trader don open mouth talk say if anybody die, make Soludo carry the blame. If he wan stop sit-at-home, make him release Nnamdi Kanu!
Some traders dey vex well well. Dem dey ask why dem go punish all of dem because some people travel go buy goods. Wetin no go fit dem, dey no go allow people balance for their shops. Another trader dey talk say as e be now, sit-at-home don turn to rest day; no be say dem dey protest all the time. E be like say some people dey use this strategy for their own gain.
Governor Soludo con dey insist say no be witch-hunting, but na to make sure economy dey flow. As e close market for one week, traders dey worry say e go make their suffer no small as dem dey struggle already. One woman don talk say this closure go mean no money, no food and no school fees. Na real wah!
Right now, the market dey under heavy police watch, and everybody dey wonder wetin go happen next. Will this struggle over sit-at-home go ever finish? We still dey watch as the saga unfold.
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