Pandemonium broke out in Onitsha Main Market, Anambra State, on Tuesday when traders clashed with security officers enforcing the closure of the facility.
Anambra State Governor, Charles
Soludo, shut down the market on Monday over the continued adherence to the
sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB.
The governor questioned why shops remained closed despite
the peace and calm in Anambra.
On Tuesday morning
that armoured tanks and heavily armed policemen were deployed to enforce the
market closure.
However, traders stormed the facility later on Tuesday,
attempting to gain access to their shops.
There refusal to obey the governor’s order led to the clash
with the enforcers.
In a viral video, the traders could be seen running around
for safety while loud gunshots were heard from the market.
Watch video
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