US EditionSit-at-home: Mixed reactions as Anambra markets open for business
- On Monday, traders in Onitsha Main Market reopened their shops following a directive from Governor Chukwuma Soludo, a week after the market shutdown.
- The prolonged sit-at-home in support of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu led to the market shutdown ordered by Governor Chukwuma Soludo last Monday, with warnings of further closures.
- Many traders resumed business as early as 8:45am, with larger crowds by about 12pm, displaying wares from Egerton axis to Ose foodstuff market and Emeka Offor Plaza to Marine, while some signed attendance registers.
- Some traders said they had complied earlier out of fear and would reopen on Monday if given security assurances; Mrs Chinyere thanked Soludo as police and military patrols increased around markets.
- The governor's order aggravated fragile security, with streets deserted and school buses empty as early as 6am, while a DAILY POST investigation found Onitsha Main Market open but sparsely staffed Monday.
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Sit-At-Home Crumbles As Onitsha Market Reopens
Traders in Onitsha Main Market, Anambra State, reopened their shops, on Monday, in compliance with the directive of Governor Chukwuma Soludo. For some years now, traders across the South East region have stayed off their business places in solidarity with the leader of proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. But in a move to tackle the trend, Soludo had last Monday ordered that the market be shut down for one week. The g…
Onitsha traders defy IPOB sit-at-home, partially reopen market after Soludo’s threat
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State ordered the closure of the market when he visited last week and observed that shops were closed in compliance with IPOB’s sit-at-home. The post Onitsha traders defy IPOB sit-at-home, partially reopen market after Soludo’s threat appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
South-East Defies IPOB Order as Businesses Resume
By Tracy Moses The Monday sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) largely failed across the South-East on Monday, as markets, schools, and businesses operated almost normally in Ebonyi, Abia, Enugu, and Anambra states. Traders at the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State resumed business after a one-week shutdown enforced by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, signaling a decisive break from previous Mondays when shops remained c…
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Njenje Media NewsAfter Monday: Onitsha Must Move Forward
By Fred Chukwuelobe Onitsha Main Market reopened yesterday, Monday, February 2, 2026, in compliance with Governor Chukwuma Soludo’s directive to end the five-year-old sit-at-home. Like many right-thinking people, I believe the governor is right. The IPOB-imposed order has achieved nothing beyond chaos, economic sabotage, and needless human losses – except, of course, for the criminal elements who profit from the paralysis. For them, the sufferin…
Soludo visits Onitsha main market as business resumes after shutdown over sit-at-home
Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, on Monday visited the Onitsha main market as traders resumed business activities after the one-week closure imposed by the state government to curb compliance with the Monday sit-at-home order in the state. The Onitsha main market, one of the largest commercial hubs in West Africa, was shut last week after many traders reportedly defied the government’s order to open for business on Mondays. The state go…
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