According to Joe Igbokwe, a leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), the negative developments in Anambra State regarding the shutdown of the main market in Onitsha indicate that certain locals are funding banditry in the state.
Since Governor Charles Soludo closed the market in response to the Indigenous People of Biafra’s (IPOB) Monday sit-at-home protest, there has reportedly been increasing tension in Onitsha.
Protesting traders and security personnel enforcing the closure have been at odds.
In response, Igbokwe stated in a statement on Wednesday night that it “looks and sounds as if Anambra people are the ones hosting Bandits, the ones supporting their activities in the South East, the most patriotic and the sponsors of their murderous activities and criminalities in the zone.”
Governor Soludo has drawn a line: either you open the Onitsha Main Market on Monday and carry on with your business, or you forfeit a week of inactivity. The state that has served as the foundation of the South East is where we are right now.
“As the story unfolds, we are all watching it. However, the sponsors of mayhem will never prevail in this contest. Perhaps the market leaders believe they are above the law.
A portion of the message said, “The leaders are demonstrating to us through their actions and deeds that they are fully IPOB commanders and sponsors.”
