Igbo traders across the country were back in business yesterday 24hours after giving a heroic burial to Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu - Ojukwu in his Nnewi home town in Anambra State.
Thousands of traders who had spent Thursday and Friday either at home or at the various venues for the burial arrangement began rushing to their stores and markets as early as 7am.
However, a large number of sympathisers still thronged Chief Ojukwu’s compound yesterday to pay their condolences. Various cultural groups were also on hand to entertain visitors.
Many of the sympathisers were whipped by soldiers and were not allowed inside.
Those who were allowed in were thoroughly searched.
A clergy Man, Pastor Martin Amanchukwu of Cross of Victory Ministry deplored the action of the military men saying "It is very unfortunate and I don’t like what is happening here. How can people come from all walks of life to pay their condolences and these soldiers would be beating them? Look at what they are doing to old men. If people remain in their homes who will come here to make the burial lively? Don’t they know that if not for these people here nobody would know that somebody like Ojukwu is being interred?’’
The wife of the Anambra State Governor, Mrs Margaret Peter Obi who spoke for Bianca Ojukwu thanked the sympathisers for coming.
Senator Andy Uba, Uche Ekwunife, Emeke Nwogbo, Victor Ogene were among the callers yesterday.
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