A truck loaded with auto spare parts worth millions of naira has been set ablaze by some persons suspected to be enforcers of the suspended sit-at-home order imposed by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB).
It was gathered that the incident happened about 7:00 a.m yesterday, September 6, at Eluagu Obukpa, Nsukka Local Government Area in Enugu State.
According to a source who does not want his name to be mentioned said the truck was coming from Nnewi, Anambra State and was heading to Enugu-Ezike in the Igboeze North Local Government Area.
The source said the fire-setter came in a Sienna minivan and forced the truck driver to stop before razing the vehicle and its contents.
However, the source did not explain whether the hoodlums were IPOB members because according to him, he said “I don’t know if they were IPOB members. They were not wearing anything depicting them as members of the group but they were shouting, ‘No movement today! You must sit-at-home!”
The source also added that nobody was killed, that the driver escaped.
Also, the source said by the time men of the Enugu State Fire Service raced to the scene, goods estimated to be worth millions of naira had already been destroyed.
Meanwhile, the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Daniel Ndukwe, said: “Information surrounding a truck found on fire this morning at Eluagu Obukpa in Nsukka LGA is sketchy, as the Command is yet to receive any formal report of the incident. We have, however, commenced a preliminary investigation.”
The sit-at-home, which had hitherto been canceled, has continued every Monday in the state, as IPOB members insist on hearing directly from their detained leader, Nnamdi Kanu.
Also, in Imo State, many residents in different parts of the 27 local councils, stayed indoors, yesterday.
This came as Ebonyi State Governor Dave Umahi explained that residents have continued to comply with the order because of fear.
Umahi, who spoke to newsmen shortly after he met with President Muhammadu Buhari at State House, Abuja, warned that unless the matter is addressed, the region could become economically bankrupt.
Meanwhile, one of Kanu’s lawyers, Maxwell Opara, has demanded an N50 million suit against the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS) over an alleged rights violation.
The council, in the suit (FHC/ABJ/CS/1018/2021), is praying the court to award him the sum as compensation for the infringement of his rights to dignity and human person, which allegedly occurred when he was invited to the agency’s detention facility.
He is also demanding a written apology by the respondents to be published in two national dailies. No date has been fixed for hearing of the suit.
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