A bus driver has been killed by gunmen enforcing the
sit-at-home order of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Imo state.
The gunmen were said to have intercepted the bus along
Owerri-Umuahia expressway on Friday morning.
The vehicle was set ablaze by the gunmen but the five
occupants successfully escaped.
Mike Abattem, police spokesperson, in the state, has not responded to a request to comment on the incident.
Chima Okoronkwo, a resident in the area, called on the
government to urgently end the killings in the state.
“This insecurity is getting out of hand and if urgent steps
are not taken by the government things may get worse,” he said.
“These senseless killings and attacks in the entire
south-east should be curtailed now before it degenerates into total anarchy.”
IPOB had ordered a sit-at-home across the south-east on
October 1 and also said it will bring down all Nigerian flags in the region.
The proscribed group had said the order is in solidarity
with Ambazonia, a secessionist group in Cameroon, whose purported independence
anniversary is on October 1.
The sit-at-home order has grounded commercial activities in
Imo state with major roads and public places deserted.
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