Ozonna Soludo edits his post after he got dragged for his comment on sit-at-home shortly after his father Gov. Soludo locked shops of traders who obeyed sit-at-home order

Ozonna Soludo, the son of Anambra State Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo, had to update his post after he got dragged for trivialising the sit-at-home experienced in Nigeria’s south-east every Monday. 

Governor Soludo, on Monday, Jan. 26, ordered the closure of shops in Onitsha Main Market for one week because the traders failed to open their shops in defiance of the Monday sit-at-home order (read here). 

Shortly after his father’s action made news headlines, Ozonna, who lives in the UK where he works on his music career, took to Facebook to suggest him giving Easterners Monday sit-at-home content. 

He wrote: “Do you guys want dedicated Monday sit at home content. To make your sit at home a little more vibey because that’s the best I can do.” 

Many saw his post as a mockery of the traders in the south-eastern part of Nigeria and they called him out, with over 7,000 people commenting to drag him.

He then updated the post to add that he is not in support of any form of dictatorship and he is not a representative of the government, therefore should not be the one the angry indigenes of Anambra pour their frustrations on. 

He wrote: “Update: I post and you all let me know what is happening but my stance is always the same. Even though a lot of times I agree with you, I am not ever in support of any kind of a dictatorship or leaders who impose themselves on the people but my stance still remains. 

“I am not an extension of the government, I am not a mouth piece or a representative of the government so if you want to lay out your grievances in my comments that’s fine but that still remains a long shot from the resolution you seek.”