The Onion Producers and Marketers Association (OPMAN) has announced its decision to suspend the supply of onions to the south-east owing to insecurity.
There has been a spike in criminal attacks in the south-east with security and government agencies increasingly targeted.
Announcing the decision in a statement on Wednesday, Aliyu Isah, OPMAN national president, said the association’s decision was based on the recent hijack of two of their members’ trucks by gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo state.
The gunmen were…
