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.

On August 9, IPOB started the enforcement of the lockdown.

The sit-at-home order is to protest against the arrest and detention of IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu.

However, on August 13, IPOB stated that the Ghost Monday would no longer hold every Monday based on the directive from its leader, Kanu who said it should be observed only on the day he appears in court.

Despite the suspension, some unknown gunmen in the South-East still enforce the order, preventing people from opening shops and engaging in commercial activities.

Recently, IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful, said anyone caught enforcing the order henceforth, would be dealt with.

Over the past weeks, unidentified gunmen have targeted famous people in the South-East.

Most of the attacks have been blamed on the members of IPOB, whose leader, Nnamdi Kanu, is in detention over charges of treason.

In June, Kanu was arrested in Kenya and extradited to Nigeria to face treason charges.

He was subsequently arraigned and brought before Binta Nyako, a Judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who asked him to be remanded in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS).

Kanu is facing charges bordering on treasonable felony instituted against him at the court in response to his agitation for the Republic of Biafra.

He was granted bail in April 2017 on health grounds but skipped bail after disregarding some of the conditions given to him by the court.

On July 26, Justice Nyako adjourned his trial till October 21, owing to the failure of the Nigerian government to produce him in court.

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It could be fire cracker

helinues:
It could be fire cracker

mumu! instead of seeking lasting peace,you lust over the death of ndigbo, the pit you are digging will be the burial pit for........?

Another gossip.

Entraco was just doing their work.

Where is the pictures?

watin concern Nigerians with what is happening in that unfortunate rejected land of killing policemen

What should we now do with this news.

Ibos are 99.99% in support of IPOB activities and they can choose to govern themselves the way they want.

They are trying to rival the Talibans in the number of people they can kill and ruin economically.

I will place my bet on IPOB terrorists to have more kill and sorrow count than their Afghanistan Taliban mentors.

Fire on iPob. We igbo people of SE Nigeria are solidly behind you guys. Anybody that fails to observe the sit-at-home should be dealt with, and their properties burnt to ashes. Do anyhow, see anyhow.

Noted

The guerrila warfare have come stay, whether FG release Kanu or not.
IPOB was suppresed in Imo, but they sprang up again at Anambra and Enugu.
Abia own will be worst when they start.
Worst time to be a forceman in the East.
IPOB have been pushed to drop flag and grab gun.
And with the upsurge in drug use among young people in the east in recent years, it will be difficult to curtail the uprising, except the masterminders call them to order.
Most Policemen in our neighbourhood are becoming friendly since the arrival of unknown gun men #lol

ThinkSmarter:
The guerrila warfare have come stay, whether fg release Kanu or not.
IPOB was suppresed in Imo, but they sprang up again at Anambra and Enugu.
Abia own will be worst when they start.
Worst time to be a forceman in the East.
Police in our neighbourhood are becoming friendly since the arrival of unknown gun men #lol

DSS is doing well, isn't it?

the old naive me would have typed "Only God help us" in a thread like this... But now i know better

myright:
http://saharareporters.com/2021/10/04/nigerian-soldiers-flee-unknown-gunmen-enforce-sit-home-enugu-imo-burn-tricycle

Nothing happened in Owerri other than unnecessary panic. I didn't close my businesses and didn't go home. Never. My grown-up children in Senior Secondary closed by 3pm while the last born in primary five closed by 5pm.

Affluence make most city dwellers cowards.

I closed my businesses today by 6.30pm. Nothing to be afraid of.

Nice one!

Sit at home must continue...it's Biafla or death.

The average inyamuri is a billionaire, one day a week will not affect the inyamuri population...

Only fulani's are being hurt by the sit at home!

Aluta kwantinue

Ayomide811:
watin concern Nigerians with what is happening in that unfortunate rejected land of killing policemen

Afonja ( skull miner) has spoken