‘Market Traders, Not Bound By IPOB Order’

The chairman of Mile One Market Traders Association, Mr Kenneth Eze, said the locked-up shops at the market last Tuesday were not connected to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) Sit-at-home order.
Eze, who spoke to newsmen in Port Harcourt, Wednesday, insisted that the development had nothing to do with the celebrations of Biafra at 50.
“The market is on and there is no shop that was locked for that reason. “I cannot say any shop was locked in relation to IPOB issue”, he said.
According to him, business at the market went  on smoothly, even as he said traders went about their business activities.
“There is no sit-at-home agenda in this market, and any shop that is closed relates to one engagement or the other.
According to The Tide investigations, some major roads in Port Harcourt experienced free flow of traffic last Tuesday.
The Tide further gathered that at places like Azikiwe Road, Olu Obansajo Road, Moscow Road, Rumuokoro axis of the East-West Road, Ikwerre Road and GRA, amongst others witnessed free flow of traffic.
Earlier, the Rivers State Police Command in reaction to the development said adequate security measures were put in place to forestall any breach of security in the state.
Spokesman of the command,  Mr, Nnamdi Omoni, explained that everyone went about their lawful business activities.
He added that banks, schools and other business outfits  were all opened for business.
The Police  Public Relations Officer, further described those involved in such agitations as jobless people.