Gunmen suspected to be enforcing five-day sit-at-home on
Saturday attacked and burnt police patrol vehicle at New Market area of the
state capital.
Although the details of the attack were still sketchy, a
senior police officer confirmed the attack to our correspondent.
He, however, noted no life was lost, adding that a manhunt
on the gunmen had been launched.
A short video clip of the incident which our correspondent
obtained showed a white patrol vehicle of police on fire.
It was gathered that the gunmen who were numbering over 10
had stormed the New Market area as early as 6am probably to shutdown the market
but they were confronted by some policemen patrolling the market area to
reassure traders of their safety.
They were reported to have engaged the policemen in a gun
duel and eventually succeeded in setting ablaze their vehicle while the
policemen fled.
An eyewitness, Mike Ezeh, said, “I saw group of boys around
6am this morning shouting on traders coming to market to go home. They were
shouting don’t you know there’s sit-at-home? Why are you disobeying it?
“Shortly, I saw a police patrol vehicle coming and
immediately, they engaged them in a shootout. I left my goods and ran to
safety. After the shooting stopped, I came out and saw they had set ablaze the
police patrol vehicle in front of the Colliery hospital,” Ezeh said.
Efforts to speak with the state police public relations
officer, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, were unsuccessful as he could not answer his calls.
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