Gunmen attack Enugu over sit-at-home order, set vehicles ablaze

Some gunmen on Monday attack attacked Enugu, disrupting human and vehicular movements, in an attempt to force a return to a weekly sit-at-home order introduced by the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra.

IPOB had repeatedly announced the cancellation of the sit-at-home order; but some hoodlums in the South East have continued to enforce it, causing confusion every Monday in the region.

The gunmen reportedly drove in an ash-coloured Toyota Sienna car, disrupted vehicular movement at Topland, Amechi Road, Mayor Bus-Stop on Agbani Road in the Enugu South Local Government Area.

They were said to have shot sporadically into the air to disperse road users and vehicles on fire.

A trader who sells provisions at Mayor market said he quickly locked up his shop and escaped, adding that the miscreants came at about some minutes to 9am.

Daily Trust quoted a lady called

Mummy Ifeanyi as saying, “I had gone to Mayor Market to buy few provisions for my children’s breakfast. Then suddenly, there were shootings and bullets were flying every where. I have been hearing of war… This is my first experience of what it looks like. What if one bullet had hit me on the head; that’s how my life would have ended in this January 2022? Please, help me thank God as I returned alive. I have to run the way I have never done before.”

A female trader, who sells food items, was quoted by Daily Trust as saying, “The gunmen came suddenly and started shooting into the air. They said they’re enforcing the sit-at-home and burnt a vehicle and a keke that was on the road.”

Two persons were reported to have lost their lives on Agbani Road, Enugu during the incident.

The miscreants were also reported to have stormed NOWAS Junction in the Trans- Ekulu Area of Enugu East Local Government, forcing people to run for their lives.

The gunmen were said to have fired shots in the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Ogbette Main Market area, Naira Triangle, Thinkers Corner, Garki Awkunanaw, among other areas.

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