Some shop owners around the Rumuokoro axis in Obio-Akpor Local government area of the State, told our correspondent, that their businesses have suffered greatly due to the lock down directive by Governor Nyesom Wike in the area.
The respondents said they are yet to recover from the hardship of the COVID-19 and now have to face issues of paying rent for shops that are not in use.
Governor Wike had ordered the lock down of the Rumuokoro axis, since Novemver, 2020, for cult related activities and street trading.