Masked gunmen attack Enugu community for ‘disobeying’ sit-at-home

A panic-stricken trader, who told newsmen that he had a close shelve with the gunmen, said he was yet to recover from the shock.

He said: “They had guns, knives and whips with which they dispersed people. They didn’t shoot at anybody.

“Their faces were covered. I am still shaking from the shock. I thought they would attack me since my shop was open at the time they passed.

“Later on I heard they were beating some people and asking others to go back home.”

It was learnt that a team of military men, mounting a checkpoint along the road, arrived at the town around 8:30am to restore normalcy and had been patrolling the town.

Meanwhile residents of Enugu metropolis deserted the roads and streets for fear of attacks on Monday.

No market, school, public or private place, office, shop and park opened.

Despite knowing the Monday’s sit-at-home order had since been cancelled by IPOB, some residents, who spoke with our correspondent, said they refused to come out because hoodlums had taken charge of the whole exercise.

The Nation