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    Sit-at-home enforcers kill two in Imo

    Opalim LiftedBy Opalim LiftedJuly 8, 2023No Comments2 Mins Read
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    Self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra, Simon Ekpa
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    Enforcers of the illegal seven-day sit-at-home order have again shot a Keke rider and a pedestrian dead at Akwakuma junction in Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State.

    According to reports, the gunmen attacked the area on Saturday while enforcing the sit-at-home order.

    • Anambra residents disobey Ekpa’s one week sit-at-home order

    An eyewitness said that the gunmen stormed the area in a Sienna bus and started shooting sporadically in the air, causing people to scamper for safety.

    The tricycle rider, whose name was yet to be known, was said to be scouting for passengers at the junction when the gunmen took him unawares and shot him in the chest.

    This comes a few hours after part of Orie Amaraku’s popular market was set on fire alongside some parked vehicles, allegedly by the same enforcers of the sit-at-home order.

    A tailor at Akwakuma Junction, who pleaded anonymity, told reporters that another pedestrian was also hit by a stray bullet during the attack.

    According to her, “it was terrible; the junction is currently deserted because of the gunmen. They shot one Keke rider and a pedestrian.

    “I was at my shop when the gunshots started raining in the air. We all ran away in fear. Although I did not see the gunmen, I heard their gunshots closely. Two people were shot dead.”

    A resident of the Akwakuma community had this to say: “I don’t know why the criminals struck unchallenged whereas the military checkpoint is nearby. If it had been that security agents had mounted illegal checkpoints on every inch of our roads, searching both the occupants and vehicles instead of extorting money, this ugly incident would have been nipped in the bud.”

    Another resident lamented, “If these things could happen in Owerri’s capital city, how about the rural communities? Where are the security agencies and state governments that advised people to go about their normal businesses and ignore sitting at home? Who should we obey going forward? Is it the government and security agencies who cannot protect the people after advising them to go out, or the group that announced sit-at-home? We are in trouble.”

    As of the time of filing this report, the Imo State Police Public Relations Officer, Henry Okoye, had yet to react to the incident.

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