A driver has reportedly been killed and his sienna bus burnt by gunmen at the Holy Ghost area of the Enugu State metropolis.
The gunmen also reportedly disrupted early morning businesses and chased away people who came out to board vehicles to travel to various parts of the country.
The incident which occurred early Monday morning, was rumoured to be connected with the every Monday sit-at-home championed by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, members to protest the continued incarceration of their leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
According to PUNCH, a neighbourhood watch personnel who craved anonymity said that the incident happened around 6 am.
“As I speak to you, Holy Ghost, Main Market and Old Park areas are ghost places now. The attackers burnt a sienna bus and I learnt they killed the driver. The Enugu North local government chairman alerted us this morning about the development and has directed that all us – local security outfit which includes – neighbourhood watch and forest guard personnel to come out,” he said.
The State Police spokesman, Daniel Ndukwe, could not be reached to comment on the incident at the time of filing this report.
More details later…