Sit-at-home: No casualty during shooting in Ebonyi – Police

The Police Command in Ebonyi has said no life was lost in the state following the seven-day sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The sit-at-home order declared by one Simon Ekpunobi based in Finland started on Saturday and would end on Friday. Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of […]

The Police Command in Ebonyi has said no life was lost in the state following the seven-day sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The sit-at-home order declared by one Simon Ekpunobi based in Finland started on Saturday and would end on Friday.

Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the Command, SP Onome Onovwakpoyeya, made this assertion in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abakaliki.

Onovwakpoyeya explained that the group were only shooting sporadically at some locations to scare people away in a bid to enforce the sit-at-home order.

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“Yes, the group came and shot sporadically at the new market opposite Liberation Estate and our tactical team responded quickly and people cleared. There was no casualty. Nobody sustained injury either on the part of the civilians or the police. The police have intensified patrol within the town and even at the hinterlands,” she added.

She further stated, “On the report that a police van was burnt, the news is not true. (NAN)