Rampaging giunmen, on Tuesday, wreaked havoc in Ukwuagba-Ngbo community in the Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The gunmen, who were said to be enforcing the one-week sit-at-home order declared by a faction of the Indigenous People of Biafra, set ablaze a police patrol van after storming a check point and giving marching order to the policemen on duty.
They also directed market women to close their shops and motorcyclists to stop operations on Tuesday.
Recall that IPOB splinter group had penultimate week, declared a one-week sit-at-home across the South-East geo-political zone.
Aside from the attack on the Ukwuagba-Ngbo area of the state, the gunmen also invaded the Ishieke Campus of the Ebonyi State University and shot sporadically in the air.
The Chairman of Ohaukwu Council Area, Ikechukwu Onwe, decried the attacks and called for the cooperation of stakeholders to tackle the activities of miscreants, in the area.
During a security council meeting, on Tuesday, at the council headquarters, Ezzangbo, Onwe said he would deploy every measure to apprehend the hoodlums.
Meanwhile, the Ebonyi State Government has enjoined residents of the state to go about their normal businesses, saying the situation was under control.
A statement signed by the Commissioner for Information and State Orientation, Jude Okpor, said “The Ebonyi State Government has observed with dismay, apprehension in some parts of the state following activities of unknown gunmen.
“The government, therefore, wishes to advise the general public to go about their lawful businesses as security agents are on top of the situation.”
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