Tension gripped the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State on Tuesday after traders engaged in a confrontation with security personnel enforcing the market’s closure.
According to DAILY POST, the Anambra State Government, under Governor Charles Soludo, ordered the shutdown of the market on Monday following the continued observance of the sit-at-home directive issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Governor Soludo had questioned why business activities remained suspended despite what he described as relative peace across the state.
The armoured vehicles and heavily armed police officers were deployed to ensure compliance with the closure order.
However, traders later trooped into the market, attempting to reopen their shops. Their defiance of the directive reportedly sparked a clash with security operatives.
A video circulating online captured the moment traders fled in different directions amid panic, as loud gunshots rang out within the market premises.
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