Due to the Yuletide season and the return of many Igbos to their respective villages, the Onitsha main market was visibly jam-packed as people were stranded in a stand still.
For more than two hours, local security operatives were trying their possible best to avert what was already turning a stampede as the Christmas rush to get things got intense.
The Christmas period always brings many back home especially the Igbos and though the recent hike in fuel scarcity and economic meltdown, it didn’t deter many from coming back home to celebrate.
