Gunmen numbering about seven and wearing hoods on Monday mounted guard at Amansea, a border town between Anambra and Enugu State to enforce the compliance of the Monday sit at home order.<\/p>\n
A man, Mr Ekene, who drove his sick mother from Oji River to Awka to meet a doctor\u2019s appointment told this reporter that he was saved by the sight of his mother, who was lying in the back seat.<\/p>\n
\u201cAbout seven of them were on the road but when I told them I was taking my sick mother to the hospital, they let me drive by,\u201d the man said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, two persons said to be enforcing compliance to the Monday sit at home were yesterday gunned down by police operatives.<\/p>\n
The Anambra State Command through its spokesperson, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga said, \u201cOperatives on crime prevention patrol in the early hours of today 16\/5\/2022 along Umunze, road, Orumba South LGA, engaged arm bearing gunmen allegedly enforcing sit-at-home in Anambra State.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Operatives neutralized two of the miscreants and recovered a white Toyota Hiace Bus with no registration number.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ikenga further said the miscreants were obstructing the movement of innocent road users going for their businesses when they were accosted by the operatives.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe hoodlums forcefully collect motorbikes and tricycles, chase away the passengers and then set the motorcycle or tricycle ablaze.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Command operatives have intensified patrol within the state and the situation is being monitored, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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