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Gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network(ESN), the security arm of Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB), on Monday stormed Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume, in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State and stopped students from taking their examination.
According to reports, the students were preparing to sit for the English Language examination in the ongoing Junior Secondary School Examination before the gunmen forcefully dispersed them.
Both teachers and students fled in different directions as the gunmen shot sporadically into the air.
The gunmen set ablaze some motorcycles belonging to some of the staff and students.
Although there were no report of casualties, a viral video of the incident showed the students and staff shouting and running for their lives.
Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Mike Abattam, could not be reached for comments.
IPOB had declared Mondays as sit-at-home to drum support for the release of the group’s leader, Nnamdi Kanu, who is facing some territory charges at an Abuja High Court.
This week, the sit-at-home is expected to continue on Tuesday as Kanu is expected to make an appearance in court.
Apart from Mondays, the group also declared sit-at-home any day Kanu is to appear in court.