Economic activities resume in PH after Biafra protest
Business activities in Port Harcourt
resumed on Wednesday after a
shutdown, due to protest by agitators for
Biafra.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that the shutdown was due to a
protest embarked upon by a group
known as the Indigenous People of
Biafra. Port Harcourt is Nigeria’s oil
capital.
The protesters had said they were
protesting the arrest and detention of
their leader, Nnamdi Kanu, by the
Federal Government.
NAN recalls that most banks and
businesses closed shops, due to the
protest.
Some officials of banks on Aba Road, the
epicentre of the protest, said they had to
close shop because it was risky to open
during the protest.
One of the bankers, who spoke to NAN
on condition of anonymity because he
was not authorized to speak on the issue,
said it was better to forgo the day’s
business than risk losing customers’
deposits in the banks.
More than 10,000 protesters were
reported to have stormed Port Harcourt
from Aba in neighbouring Abia, to
participate in the protest.
The protest lasted for about 12 hours
with a combined team of police and
soldiers having a hectic time dispersing
the protesters.
A trader on Rumuibekwe Street in Port
Harcourt, who simply identified herself
as Miss Oluchi, said the protesters made
her not to sale her wares.
Another trader, Mr Okafor Chukwu,
whose shop is also on Rumuebekwe
Street, said however, that the protest
favoured him.
Chukwu said he made good sales as
protesters trooped into his shop to buy
kerosene, soft drinks and palm oil.
Protesters had used the items to wash
their faces to douse the effects of tear
gas fired at them by security operatives.
NAN learnt that security operatives had
expended hundreds of canisters of tear
gas in their bid to disperse the
protesters.
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