Gov. Soludo exposes politicians behind Onitsha sit-at-home

Governor Charles Soludo has doubled down on his threat to shut down Onitsha Main Market for a week. He said that laws allow him to do whatever he likes in the market, and he is likely to extend the closure for two weeks.

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Speaking during a press briefing in the Government House Awka yesterday, Soludo called those behind the sit-at-home “saboteurs”.

“There are criminals, saboteurs, and, some politicians who are instigating the sit-at-home,” the governor told the press.

Recall that Governor Soludo ordered a one-week closure of Onitsha Main Market on Monday for observing sit-at-home. According to him, there were no reasons for such exercise as it leeks of hypocrisy and deliberate economic sabotage.

In response of the governor’s order, traders hit the Anambra economic hub with protests.

The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) ordered sit-at-home every Monday across Southeast in August 2021 following the unlawful rendition of it’s leader Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.

It has long cancelled the order, but that came a bit late. Criminals had already seized the opportunity to carry out kidnappings, robberies and terror attacks in Igboland.

“We have dialogued with the leaders of the market since past two years, and, IPOB sit-at-home ended two years ago,” Soludo said.

He added that the state government has concluded plans to reconstruct Main Market and that stricter rules would be applied in the Africa’s biggest market.