Nigeria, Jan. 29 -- Soludo's one-week closure of the Onitsha Main Market, once adjudged the largest market in West Africa, over continued non-compliance with the Monday sit-at-home order, has drawn criticism from various quarters.

While some tagged the governor insensitive, others accused the governor of failing to provide security for the traders, who avoid Mondays for fear of being attacked.

But in a media chat at the Light House, Awka, Governor Soludo noted that the Monday sit-at-home ended over two years ago and that what is happening now is criminal sabotage of the economy of Anambra State and the Southeast.

According to him, the effort by his government to end the sit-at-home in the state is in fulfillment of the mandate given t...