Suspected IPOB Member
Killed, Others Injured.
Security personnel in
Anambra have killed an alleged member of the indigenous people of Biafra, and
injured three others trying to enforce sit-at-home in the State.
The state police
command, in a statement by its spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the IPOB
members were intercepted while operating on a motorbike before they opened
fire.
Ikenga said during the
encounter, one miscreant was arrested, while the other three managed to evade
capture, sustaining bullet injuries in the process, and the incident happened
at Oba flyover, in Idemili South Local Government Area.
However, despite
assurances of police and security forces, residents of Anambra residents stayed
indoors on Thursday, while, roads in the state were empty from Awka to Onitsha
and Nnewi, while, construction workers at Ekwulobia, engaged by Governor
Chukwuma Soludo for the flyover that links Oko, Igboukwu and Amawbia abandoned
the sites.
No market in Anambra
opened for business, including shops and garages.
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