Nigeria, Feb. 11 -- There was improved turnout of traders on Monday at the Onitsha Main Market in Anambra State after Nnamdi Kanu announced "total cancellation" of the infamous Monday sit-at-home in the South-east.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Kanu, the convicted leader of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), announced the cancellation of the illegal directive in the region on Sunday.

Emma Powerful, the IPOB spokesperson, said Mr Kanu gave the directive from the Sokoto prison facility where he is serving life imprisonment for terrorism.

Mr Kanu's directive came barely two weeks after Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State ordered the temporary closure of the Onitsha Main Market due to traders' compliance with th...