The Ezzangbo community, hometown of the self-styled Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa was, on Monday, attacked by hoodlums suspected to be enforcing a sit-at-home order in Ebonyi State.
The attackers reportedly burnt three vehicles, five motorcycles and other valuable properties.
The hoodlums, said to be about eight in number, allegedly operated in a Sienna bus and chased away traders and market women, who had displayed their wares for sale, in the morning, shouting, “No more markets in Igbo land…”
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A video, which trended on social media showed vehicles, motorcycles, stores and other properties in flames, as residents were seen scampering for safety.
Onome Onovwakpoyeya, SP, spokesperson of the Ebonyi State Police Command, confirmed the incident, saying: “Today 02/10/2023, armed men suspected to be IPOB/ESN members in a Sienna car attacked commuter buses, tricycles and motorcycles at Ezzangbo Junction.
“They burnt down 3 commuter buses, 4 motorcycles and 1 tricycle. No life was lost.
“Operatives of the Command have been dispatched to the scene and its environs to fish out the perpetrators. And we believe that before the end of the day, the perpetrators will be apprehended.”