Sit-at-home: No casualty during Ebonyi shooting — Police
The Ebonyi State Police Command has disclosed that no casualty during the shooting in the state following the seven-day sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra
It was learnt that the sit-at-home order declared by one Simon Ekpunobi based in Finland started on Saturday and would end on Friday.
The Command Spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abakaliki.
The PPRO stressed that the group were only shooting sporadically at some locations to scare people away in a bid to enforce the sit-at-home order.
“Yes, the group came and shot sporadically at the new market opposite Liberation Estate and our tactical team responded quickly and people cleared.
“There was no casualty. Nobody sustained injury either at the part of the civilians or the police.
“Police have intensified patrol within the town and even at the hinterlands,” she added.
She debunked the report that a police van was burnt, saying the news was not true.
