Hoodlums on Monday set ablaze a bus conveying tomatoes,
vegetables and other foodstuffs to Enugu for allegedly violating the suspended
every Monday sit-at-home order.
This came as residents have continued to stay at home,
defying even the orders of Indigenous People of Biafra leaders who had
severally but unsuccessfully tried to halt the action.
It was gathered that the vehicle, Ford brand, was set ablaze
by people believed to be enforcing the erstwhile sit-at-home order at Edem
junction, Ibeagwa, Nike, in the Enugu East Local Government Area of Enugu State
around 5:45 am.
The vehicle was reportedly coming from the Ugwogo end of the Opi/Enugu bypass when it was blocked and set on fire.
Sympathisers were said to have put a call to the State Fire
Service, prompting a quick response by the Ogui Road fire service station.
Enugu did not observe last Monday’s sit-at-home, though
there was low traffic. However, a shootout was later that day reported at the
Garki suburb of Enugu metropolis.
Sources told our correspondent that the shootout that last
Monday may have forced residents to retreat and continue with the sit-at-home
today.
The leadership of the IPOB had severally announced an end to
the Monday sit-at-home, but some hoodlums insist that it must continue until
Nnamdi Kanu is released.
Violent attacks on those disobeying the order has forced
residents of most parts of the South East to continue with the order.
When the State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel
Ndukwe, was contacted, he could not be reached at the time of filing this report.
The latest attack had brought to four buses conveying goods
and foodstuffs that have been burnt, in addition to several tricycles allegedly
destroyed by hoodlums for allegedly disobeying the sit-at-home order.
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