By Akinwande Soji-Ojo
Two gunmen enforcing the sit-at-home order of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in Anambra State have been shot dead.
According to a statement by the Anambra State Police Command spokesperson, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, the gunmen were killed along Umunze road in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state, on Monday.
Tochukwu said operatives on crime prevention patrol engaged the gunmen in a shootout while they were enforcing the sit-at-home order.
“The Anambra State Command Operatives on crime prevention patrol in the early hours of today, 16/5/2022, along Umunze road, Orumba South LGA, engage armed bearing gunmen allegedly enforcing sit–at–home in Anambra State.
“The Operatives neutralized two of the miscreants and recovered a white Toyota Hiace Bus. Further details showed that these miscreants were obstructing the movement of innocent road users going for their businesses. The hoodlums forcefully collect their motorbikes and tricycles, chase away the passengers and the set the motorcycle or tricycle ablaze,” he said.
Tochukwu added that the command’s operatives have intensified patrol within the state, stressing that the situation is being monitored.
