In response to a declaration made by the Onion Dealers Association Secretary for Imo State, Halilu Muhammad, stating that the organisation has ceased sending onions to the south-east until further notice, Isiguzoro was taking action. SaharaReporters had reported on the association members’ claims to have lost over N13 million, prior to the latest detention of onion trucks en route to the South-East.
Muhammad had said that when two trucks loaded with onions were being driven towards the South-east, they were halted by armed individuals, who subsequently sold the onions to locals for N9,000 a year as opposed to N15,000. But Ohanaeze claims that it’s just a simple strategy of using hunger as a weapon to scare out the people of the South-east. Ohanaeze would never compel the Northern area to stop getting
Imo State’s Secretary of the Onion Dealers Association, Halilu Muhammad, made a statement that stated the association has stopped shipping onions to the South-east till further notice, to which Isiguzoro was responding.
Previous to the current arrest of onion trucks en route to the South-East, SaharaReporters had revealed how association members claimed to have lost over N13 million. Muhammad had stated that two trucks full of onions were being driven towards the South-East when they were stopped by gunmen, who then sold the onions to residents for N9,000 annually rather than N15,000. But according to Ohanaeze, it’s just a straightforward tactic to deter the people of the South-east by using hunger as a weapon. The Ohanaeze will never force the Northern region to cease receiving palm oil shipments, according to Isiguzoro.
