Igbudu Market

Igbudu Market is a local street market along Warri Sapele Road, Warri, Delta State, Nigeria. It is the biggest market in Delta State, Nigeria.
One of the streets in Igbudu Market is called Hausa Quarters.

Igbudu Market was named after Igbudu Community of the Agbassa Kingdom.
The market started its operations after the Nigerian Civil War was fought in Nigeria and emerged as "one of the most important Warri markets in Delta State", because they sell and buy food in large quantities (both retail and wholesale), including grocery sales and purchases, as well as cosmetics and beauty products.
The market has been described as "the economic backbone of Warri".

Igbudu Market is also known for its marketplace preaching. 

Fire incidents
Igbudu Market had experienced two separate fire incidents resulting in the loss of goods worth millions of naira, within the space of one month in July 2020, and also in August 2020.

In May 2023, another fire incident happened at Igbudu Market, and one of the victims of that fire incident was reported to have fainted upon seeing the level of damage done to the victim's shop.
The fire incident not only saw sympathy from the Delta State Government, but also got help from the Federal Government through the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA).
About 30 victims of the fire incident were reported to have received some building materials and foodstuff items from the Federal Government.
Closures of the market
On 30 March 2020, two days ahead of Ifeanyi Okowa's total lockdown of every market in Delta State, the Warri South Council Chairman Dr. Michael Tidi was reported to have shut down Igbudu Market in a bid "to control the spread of the dreaded coronavirus".

However, Tidi's closure of the market was seen as having "ethnic undertone", an allegation that he strongly denied.
Tidi said that the reason why he shut down the market two days earlier, was because the people did not comply with the Government's advice on social distancing.
Composition
Igbudu Market is considered as a multicultural market, where people of every tribe is represented from the Urhobos, the Isokos, the Ijaws, the Itsekiris, the Fulanis and the Hausas.

Igbudu Market is under the control of the Warri South Local Government. The market operates every day of the year, except it is complying with Government's orders or for traditional reasons.

It is one of the markets in the country that is "well known for the sale of the fairly used items", also locally known as 'okrika', 'tokunbo' or 'bend down select'.
References

External link
 Official Website

Category:Delta State
Category:Street markets