LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Some gunmen suspected to be enforcing a sit-at-home order have burnt three vehicles, five motorcycles, and other valuable items in Ezzangbo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The hoodlums wielding AK-47 rifles, according to various reports, operated in a Sienna bus and numbered about eight men in the Ezzangbo community of the said LGA.
They were said to have stormed the town, shot sporadically, and chased away petty traders and market women who had displayed their goods for sale, in the morning, chanting, “No more markets in Igbo land.”
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In a video making rounds on social media, vehicles, motorcycles, stores, and other valuable items were seen going up in flames, while residents fled for safety.
Meanwhile, the Ebonyi State Police Command also confirmed the incident in a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya.
The spokesperson claimed that the attack was carried out by members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) security arm, the Eastern Security Network.
The statement partly read, “Today, 2 October 2023, armed men suspected to be IPOB/ESN members in a Sienna car attacked commuter buses, tricycles, and motorcycles at Ezzangbo Junction.
“They burnt down 3 commuter buses, 4 motorcycles, and 1 tricycle. No life was lost.
“Operatives of the Command have been dispatched to the scene and its environs to fish out the perpetrators. And we believe that before the end of the day, the perpetrators will be apprehended.”
