File: The Governor of Enugu State, Peter Mbah.
There is palpable tension in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State following the decision of the state government to sack the elected leadership of the Orba Modern Market Traders Association.
The development comes despite a subsisting High Court order restraining the government from taking such action, declaring it illegal and unconstitutional.
The modern market was built by a private company with a $60m loan (about N84bn) obtained from the World Bank and the United Nations Development Programme in 1996.
The project was designed to insulate the market from government control in order to promote trade and self-employment for traders.
