Hoodlums took advantage of the situation to scatter some wares already displayed by shop owners who had fled.

A tricycle was on Monday morning burnt by unknown gunmen who were allegedly enforcing the sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Enugu State.

The gunmen were said to have intercepted the tricycle at Amechi Road, beside Romchi filling station in Enugu.

SaharaReporters gathered that soldiers who were called to calm the situation fled after a gun battle with the gunmen.

“The gunmen asked the rider why he refused to remain indoors. The owner and his passengers were unhurt. The Keke (commercial tricycle) was carrying passengers. They forced the occupants out, collected their phones, and set the Keke ablaze.

“When Nigerian soldiers came for the distress call, the gunmen engaged them and they fled. The army zoomed off from unknown gunmen around St. Paul’s Primary School, Achara Layout, Enugu,” a source told SaharaReporters.

Also, gunmen suspected to be members of IPOB have stormed the streets and markets of Owerri, the Imo state capital to ensure residents stay indoors even though the pro-Biafra group has kicked against such enforcement.

There was pandemonium in the town as gunmen forced traders to close shops.

In a report by Daily Trust, motorists quickly made U-turns while many passengers disembarked from their vehicles.

The confusion, which started at Wethral Road, spread to neighbouring Mbaise Road, Douglas Road, and Naze along the Aba- Owerri Road.

Some traders at the multi-million Alaba International Market and Naze Cluster markets were said to have closed their shops and locked the gates leading to the market.

Hoodlums took advantage of the situation to scatter some wares already displayed by shop owners who had fled.

Schools were closed while parents rushed to pick up their children. It was not immediately known what actually happened, but it was gathered that the gunmen had arrived Owerri from Aba ostensibly to enforce the order in Imo.

duro4chang:
Soldiers ran for their lives? You don minit?

FakeUnity:

If na you, you go wait?

FakeUnity:


If na you, you go wait?

I pity this country if the right thing is not in 2023 to mitigate the political tension.

To be forewarned...

Rexwalters1:
Chai, I thought Emma Powerful said sit @ home has been suspended?, so who has authority enforcing atrocities, Who is really in charge?

FakeUnity:
Go and ask Dan fodio in his grave.

Rexwalters1:
Why note late President Buhari Or Jubril from Sudan?

engrfaruq:
I'm quite sure Buhari cannot sleep because of this. They should pity Buhari and stop this please.

Mysticwebb:
I don't like this kind of news. Soldiers should not be known for cowardice especially when face to face with the acclaimed unknown gun men. Fight like a soldier and die for your country. After all, those guys are dying for their unseen Biafra.

Akwamkpuruamu:


Die for which country? The one that will honor them at death or deny them? The country that the authorities would want to sleep with his wife before paying her his gratuities? So much
for your one naijiria

Mysticwebb:

A soldier is under oath to defend his country against all odds or die while doing so. If those boys can die for Biafra why won't our soldiers do the same.