By Wilson Adekumola
Some thugs suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, on Wednesday went rampage and set a commercial bus ablaze in Onitsha, Anambra State, claiming to be enforcing a sit-at-home order.
It was learnt that the youths also burnt down a tricycle, while shooting sporadically into the air in Onitsha to stall commercial activities.
Reports last weekend, revealed that message had been circulated on social media, disclosing that there will be a 4-day sit-at-home exercise in the southeast, beginning from May 8 to May 11.
According to the statement released by the spokesperson of IPOB, Mr Emma Powerful, the group had announced May 30 as a day for all Biafrans to sit-at-home, in commemoration of Biafra Day.
It was learnt that the incident had created panic in the commercial city of Onitsha with a source saying that the enforcers were heading towards Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area, through the old road.
Meanwhile, the tate police command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, while confirming the incident said the enforcers had been dispersed by police operatives.
“Police responded swiftly which made the criminals escape the scene. The hoodlums in an attempt to scare the residents from coming out to embark on their daily activities, stopped and set on fire commercial vehicles and tricycles plying the road.
“The residents courageously resisted the assailants and the fire has been put off by the police operatives and some people in the area. Meanwhile calm has returned to the area and the situation is under control and monitored,” he said.
