Nigeria, Feb. 23 -- Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has ordered the temporary closure of the New Auto Spare Parts Market in Nnewi, the state's second-largest commercial hub.

The market is popularly known as Nkwo Nnewi.

Evarist Uba, the special adviser to Mr Soludo on trade and markets, in a video clip circulating on Facebook, announced that the market would remain shut for one week, beginning from Monday (today).

Mr Uba explained the closure was because traders were complying with a sit-at-home directive often enforced by a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The special adviser, who visited the market on Monday, accompanied by other government officials and security operatives, expressed dissatisfacti...