At least two persons have been confirmed dead in today’s shootout between the police and suspected IPOB members who tried to forcefully enforce the sit-at-home order.
Even though the Police said one person was killed, our sources have confirmed that two bodies were deposited in the morgue following the shooting.
EverydayNews earlier reported heavy shooting as polive mobilized armoured tank to confront the hoodlums who were burning vehicles to force compliance with the sit-at-home.
The shooting was reported in Nnodo in the Ebonyi Local Government Area of the State; a surbub of the Abakaliki capital.
Cars and motorcycles were set ablaze as IPOB members who tried to enforce compliance attacked residents violating the sit-at-home order.
In response, the police was reportedly mobilized leading to the shooting during which deaths were recorded.
Meanwhile the sit-at-home recorfed total compliance crippling all activities throughout the South East.
Police spokesperson, DSP Loveth Odah, said the hoodlum was killed in a gun battle with the police.
She explained that hoodlums were intimidating and forcing people to comply with the “sit-at-home’’ directive of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and had to be stopped.
She said members of the proscribed IPOB were intercepting motorcycles, molesting, threatening, and shooting sporadically into the air to scare people from engaging in their normal activities.
DSP Odah added that the police had secured the area and embarked on a “show of force’’ to maintain law and order in the state.
“One of the hoodlums lost his life when they opened fire on our men.
“People were going about their legitimate businesses and activities in the area but the hoodlums were distracting and forcing them to obey the IPOB’s `sit-at-home directive.
“They blocked some axis in the metropolis, collecting motorcycles and burning them,’’ Odah said.
