Gunmen Attack Ebonyi Community, Burn Vehicles, Others

Hoodlums suspected to be enforcing a sit-at-home order at Ezzangbo community in Ebonyi State, the hometown of self-acclaimed Prime Minister of Biafra Government in Exile, Simon Ekpa, on Monday burnt three vehicles, five motorcycles and other valuable items.

It was gathered that the hoodlums, who operated in a Sienna bus and numbering about 8, equally chased away petty traders and market women who had displayed their goods for sale, in the morning, chanting, “No more markets in Igbo land…”

A video, which trended on social media a few hours before our Correspondent arrived at the scene on Monday, showed vehicles, motorcycles, stores and other valuable items going up in flames, and residents scampering for safety.

This was the third time the area was attacked by hoodlums in 2023.

The Ebonyi State Police Command confirmed the incident on Monday.

Its spokesperson, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, said, “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.

She added, “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.”