The Anambra State Police Command said its operatives have demobilised some Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) sit-at-home enforcers in the state.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Tochukwuu Ikenga, disclosed this in a statement in Awka on Wednesday.
According to Ikenga, “following the intelligence gathered, our operatives on May 29, 2024, by 2 p.m., laid ambush on the miscreants along the Oba flyover in Idemili South, intercepted a gang of four armed men operating on motorbikes, and demobilised one of the miscreants suspected of IPOB, while the other three escaped the scene with bullet injuries.
“The Operatives recovered a locally made Barreta pistol, four expanded cartridges, two phones, and some signals/initials showing unpatriotism and disloyalty to the Nigerian government.
“Preliminary information shows the armed men were regrouping to enforce an illegal sit-at-home on May 30, 2024.
“Meanwhile, the operatives are on the trail of the three armed men who escaped the scene”.
In another development, hoodlums enforcing the sit-at-home order issued by the IPOB Thursday unleashed mayhem on people who defied their directive in parts of Nsukka, Enugu State.
At Ibagwa-Aka, a semi urban town in Igbo-Eze South LGA, the hoodlums set fire on several vehicles, including a trailer carrying agricultural produce, a commercial bus, a tricycle and even wheel barrows.
