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“Onitsha Main Market is state property. Those granted shops must open on Mondays or forfeit them. We will not surrender our economy to saboteurs.” - Evarist Ubah, SPAD Markets & Trade |”Voices of Ndi Anambra”|#Vona#EndSitAtHome #TakeBackOurMonday pic.twitter.com/MRbxjtRaVY

— Anambra State New Media (@AnambraNewMedia) January 28, 2026

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“Onitsha Main Market is state property. Those granted shops must open on Mondays or forfeit them. We will not surrender our economy to saboteurs.” - Evarist Ubah, SPAD Markets & Trade |”Voices of Ndi Anambra”|

“The fear excuse is gone. Soludo has secured Anambra. If Onitsha residents can play street football and exercise on fields, and go clubbing on Mondays, then their empty shops are not about fear, it is economic sabotage. We are taking our Mondays back." - Evarist Ubah.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz7oelcZSkc?si=PBaqoNxNGUHa-ZHc

Today, I have ordered the shut down of the Onitsha Main Market for one week due to the protracted economic sabotage cloaked as "Monday sit-at-home". Going forward, this order would apply to any other market in Anambra that shuts down on Monday.

This action is not taken lightly,… pic.twitter.com/8qtTYUFKph

— Chukwuma Charles SOLUDO, CFR (@CCSoludo) January 26, 2026

The professor vs The Illiterates ( Those forcing sit at home)

I read about Peter Obi putting mouth into some issue yesterday , abeg when will he react to this news? Or is he okay with the standoff in his home state?

helinues:
The professor vs The Illiterate ( Those forcing sit at home)

I read about Peter Obi putting mouth into some issue yesterday , abeg when will he react to this news? Or is he okay with the standoff in his home state?

Peter Obi is allergic, unresponsive and nonreactive to the incidences in Anambra and the South East

helinues:
The professor vs The Illiterate ( Those forcing sit at home)

I read about Peter Obi putting mouth into some issue yesterday , abeg when will he react to this news? Or is he okay with the standoff in his home state?

Abeg..Leave Peter Obi alone and focus on your state

Bentacur007:
Abeg..Leave Peter Obi alone and focus on your state

You could have advised Peter Obi to stop putting mouth in other states affairs.

He should start his charity from Anambra state

Amotolongbo:
Peter Obi is allergic, unresponsive and nonreactive to the incidences in Anambra and the South East

Are you minding him.. He has solutions for all the Nigeria problems but just clueless about the problems the tiny Anambra state is having

Let the state demolish the market and build a befitting brothel for government officials... It'll yield more money for them. Mad people everywhere

i don't understand my people again, i think they said sit at home was voluntary. Why are they afraid? Why are they not voluntarily sitting at home outside the SE?

Good news to the truly educated ones

Provide them adequate securities....

Alex Otti is doing everything possible to attract investors and empower and support SMEs and another Professor of Economics in Anambra is discouraging investors and forcing more SIT AT HOME days that he claims cost Anambra economy N8B pushing young traders back to the street to start immoral lifestyle again.

This is a man kneeling down for the traders during campaign.......what Enugu did was to keep the market open with enough security for those who want to open to open their shops while forcing the civil servants to resume their duties, things eased off gradually because currently, students in rural areas of Enugu don't go to schools on Monday.

After the APC Digital Summit held in Abuja in the first half of 2025, the number of social media influencers, story spinners and keypad warriors unleashed on the opposition especially on Nairaland on Peter Obi, You would have no doubt that he indeed posseses an asset above election value alone.

If you want to confirm, check the monikers above ; their comments, biases and bile towards an innocent presidential aspirant whose only offence is a presidential ambition and winning Lagos State in the '23 presidential elections.

It's unfortunate that dumb people lead a state like Anambra

Soludo should seek the root cause of the problem...

Igboho is walking free
Fulani bandits are given peace deals everyday

only Kanu is incaserated
that's evil

Soludo is a supporter of Evil

Bentacur007:
Abeg..Leave Peter Obi alone and focus on your state

But Peter Obi never focused on his state but other people's States

Under the State government bye law, market's and motor parks belong to the state government.
So those people saying the Governor have no right to shut down the market, are talking out of ignorance.
The levy's traders pay in the market are remitted to the state government.

This is true sha. Traders have to obey and government have to also provide security for them.

Supported!


Arrest those miscreant asap

There's no room for terrorists in Igbo

Market that you people don't even know how it came into existence.

Trying to use force on the marketer will worsen the security situation in the state. The Governor has to be diplomatic, otherwise this may erode the little achievement recorded in area of security.

greatiyk4u:
Alex Otti is doing everything possible to attract investors and empower and support SMEs and another Professor of Economics in Anambra is discouraging investors and forcing more SIT AT HOME days that he claims cost Anambra economy N8B pushing young traders back to the street to start immoral lifestyle again.

This is a man kneeling down for the traders during campaign.......what Enugu did was to keep the market open with enough security for those who want to open to open their shops while forcing the civil servants to resume their duties, things eased off gradually because currently, students in rural areas of Enugu don't go to schools on Monday.

Governor Peter Mba Of Enugu State Shuts 106 Shops And 2 Banks For Observing The
https://www.nairaland.com/7777151/governor-peter-mba-enugu-state

Governor Mbah of Enugu State shut down markets, banks, etc and it worked. They now open on Mondays.


Enugu Gov Threatens To Revoke License Of Traders Observing Sit-At-Home
https://www.nairaland.com/7768778/enugu-gov-threatens-revoke-license


BREAKING: No More Sit-at-home In Enugu, Peter Mbah Declares
https://www.nairaland.com/7711786/breaking-no-more-sit-at-home-enugu

People going around with tens of security officers to protect them...

When an average shop owner lost their goods several times to those who declared sit at home... I hope the government will compensate them..

Hddh hjii JK uiii

God bless sir. Everybody can not be stupid at the same time. Open your shop on Monday or lose it infact not only lose it, get arrested and detain and never get any shop in tha market forever. Full stop!

The traders should go to court.
Civil disobedience is their legitimate right.
Yes, you own the market but you don't own the businesses that operate there and if you are concerned about the economy of the state then address the matters that has led to the status quo.

Look at what is happening the US.
They all acknowledge the immigration problem bit the leadership of each state affected by the federal.purge has sided with the people to resist federal.over reach.

Why can't leadership in the south east states lean on the federal government to find a solution to this matter.

Soludo head don dey nock ooo, people why invested in inside shop say them no want open on Monday na by force to open shop,wheytn come be your own..abi na you borrow them money to start business ney or them no dey pay you tax ni?

ZombieTAMER:
It's unfortunate that dumb people lead a state like Anambra

Soludo should seek the root cause of the problem...

Igboho is walking free
Fulani bandits are given peace deals everyday

only Kanu is incaserated
that's evil

Soludo is a supporter of Evil

You enter into negotiation from a position of strength, what strength does the SE have.
You guys insult the very people you want assistance from, and your leaders that draw close to those you insult are not speared either. Now how do you genuinely think these people would grant your request on something that is not constitutional but rather a prerogative?
Sometimes logic has to prevail and emotions kept aside

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What is the primary purpose of the sit-at-home?

As long as other parts of Anambra are not observing it, Main Market traders must open their shops or relocate to States where it is practiced. Guess what? There is none! The economic sabotage must stop.

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Soludo 4
Ipob terrorists 0

Lanruze:
After the APC Digital Summit held in Abuja in the first half of 2025, the number of social media influencers, story spinners and keypad warriors unleashed on the opposition especially on Nairaland on Peter Obi, You would have no doubt that he indeed posseses an asset above election value alone.

If you want to confirm, check the monikers above ; their comments, biases and bile towards an innocent presidential aspirant whose only offence is a presidential ambition and winning Lagos State in the '23 presidential elections.

You mind them? You can never Shame the shameless

He he he! Funny talk!

Na govt de pay rent for dem? Abi you go force dem to open shop whenever you like na?

Soludo may just complicate things for himself and government if wisdom isn’t applied.

Lanruze:
After the APC Digital Summit held in Abuja in the first half of 2025, the number of social media influencers, story spinners and keypad warriors unleashed on the opposition especially on Nairaland on Peter Obi, You would have no doubt that he indeed posseses an asset above election value alone.

If you want to confirm, check the monikers above ; their comments, biases and bile towards an innocent presidential aspirant whose only offence is a presidential ambition and winning Lagos State in the '23 presidential elections.

You are not alone in your observation. The notorious 3rd and 4th monkiers that commented above are two faced figures. They are attacking Obi for not speaking up but forgot that they were the ones who said all manner of things when Obi visited the onitsha drug market last year.

helinues:
The professor vs The Illiterates ( Those forcing sit at home)

I read about Peter Obi putting mouth into some issue yesterday , abeg when will he react to this news? Or is he okay with the standoff in his home state?

Peter Obi will be very quiet on such matters because he is a fringe fellow who holds no firm position on issues that requires bold statements to be made. Peter Obi prefers to have others make the bold statements while he slides along for obvious reasons. He cannot see that he cannot be trusted by anyone with the exception of the deluded!