Protesters block Onitsha Head Bridge over shutdown of market [VIDEO]
Merchants have taken to the streets of Onitsha in Anambra State to protest the current shutdown of the Foremost Market by Governor Chukwuma Soludo.
The merchants, of their numbers, blocked the favored Onitsha Head Bridge, stopping travellers and different motorists from accessing the bridge.
A video seen by POLITICS NIGERIA confirmed the protesters carrying sticks and marching throughout the streets.
The protesters had been additionally barricading the streets and entrances of the bridge, whereas chanting, “No approach in, no approach out. Onitsha to Asaba blocked. Stand until!”
Within the video seen, the protesters additionally chanted, “Soludo, we no go gree o” and “Say no to Monday.”
The Onitsha Head Bridge hyperlinks Anambra with Delta State, and the protest reportedly disrupted motion out and in of the state.
This protest is a continuation of a earlier one by Foremost Market merchants on Tuesday after the governor introduced a shutdown of the market over compliance with the Monday sit-at-home imposed by the Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB).
The governor additionally ordered that the market will stay closed from Tuesday to Friday and open by subsequent Monday – an order which has been condemned by a number of people and {groups}.
The Head Bridge in Onitsha has been barricaded by merchants following Governor Soludo’s directive to shut markets for every week over sit-at-home non-compliance.
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