Governor Chukwuma Soludo of Anambra State has warned traders against refusing to open their shops on Mondays.

MyNigeria recalls that Soludo recently embarked on an enforcement exercise that led to the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra on lockdown for a week.

At the time, the governor threatened to lock the market for a month if traders continued to obey the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

Speaking on Thursday, the governor expressed disappointment that some traders were still observing the order issued every Monday.

He said, "Any trader who refuses to open their shop on Monday and it gets sealed will pay ₦20 million. if you unseal it yourself, you are liable to pay another ₦20 million, making it ₦40 million. We need money and if you decide for whatever reason you will not be opening your shop on Mondays, that's also good, no problem. If you hurriedly want to unseal it and you don't want to start going to court, you can come to us and we do a plea bargain which must be in the range of ₦5 million to ₦10 million. The reason we are focused on the markets is that Commerce is the dominant sector of our economy and we will not let anyone cripple it. Nobody should claim ignorance, ignorance is no excuse in the court of the law."