Onitsha Main Market Traders Lament Displacement After Shop Demolitions

Traders at the popular Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State, Nigeria, are expressing distress and lamentations following the demolition of their shops by the state government, leading to displacement and some areas being converted to car parks or refuse dumps.

24 Jun, 06:44 — 24 Jun, 06:44

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Lamentations of displaced Onitsha Main Market traders

…Some spaces for demolished shops now serve as car parks, refuse dump site By Chimaobi Nwaiwu FEW months ago, precisely on March 1, 2026, the Anambra State Government moved in with bulldozers to demolish some shops at the popular Onitsha Main Market. The government claimed the shops were illegal, that they were not authorised to […] The post Lamentations of displaced Onitsha Main Market traders appeared first on Vanguard News.

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