Masked gunmen, Tuesday, attacked some residents and traders in Ebonyi State, south-east Nigeria.

In a video clip, which has now gone viral, the attackers, numbering about nine, were seen shooting and chasing traders at a market in Isheke, a community in Abakaliki, the state capital.

The gunmen were said to be enforcing the controversial one-week sit-at-home declared by a faction of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).

The hoodlums, dressed in red attire and patrolling in a light brown Sienna vehicle, were also seen setting some tricycles ablaze and destroying goods in the market.

“(There is) sit-at-home! Nnamdi Kanu must be released. No Nnamdi Kanu, no peace. You can see that Keke (tricycle) is burning,” a voice, apparently one of the hoodlums, was heard speaking in the background of the video. Destroy everything. Burn them. I don’t want anything to remain,” the voice ordered, amidst gunshots by the attackers.

Motorcycle riders and traders in the market were seen scampering for safety, abandoning their motorcycles and wares.

In another clip circulating on various WhatsApp groups, a child — apparently abandoned by her mother — was seen seated on the ground in another section of the market while the gunmen shot in the air near her.
The clip did not show if the gunmen attacked the child or not.

The gunmen destroyed several goods. They were seen hitting a tricyclist with a plastic chair and their rifles while the tricyclist pleaded, assuring the attackers that he would not step out again on a sit-at-home day.

Police speak

The police spokesperson in the state, Onome Onovwakpoyeya, confirmed the incident but said no life was lost during the attack.

“The group came and shot sporadically at the new market opposite Liberation Estate, and our tactical team responded quickly, and people cleared,” Ms Onovwakpoyeya, a superintendent of police, told reporters in Abakiliki.
“Police have intensified patrol within the town and even at the hinterlands,” she added.
Background
Simon Ekpa, the leader of Autopilot, a faction of the IPOB, had, in a statement on 14 June, announced that there would be a one-week sit-at-home in the region.

Mr Ekpa, a self-acclaimed prime minister of “Biafra Republic Government in Exile”, said the sit-at-home would hold from 3 to 5 July and continue from 7 to 10 July.
The agitator said the proposed civil action was to demand the “immediate and unconditional release” of IPOB leader, Mr Kanu, who is detained at the facility of Nigeria’s secret police, State Security Service.

He said the action was also in preparation for the conduct of “Biafra’s self-referendum.”
But Emma Powerful, the spokesperson of the IPOB faction led by Mr Kanu, would later disown the declaration saying the sit-at-home order did not emanate from the group.

Mr Ekpa, a Finnish-Nigerian citizen, hails from Ngbo, a community in Ohaukwu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. But he stays in Finland, a North European country.

Ebonyi State is the only state in the South-east where residents often defy the IPOB’s sit-at-home order.

Unlike other states in the region, hoodlums enforcing the sit-at-home order had rarely done so in Ebonyi before now.

This latest incident occurred exactly two days after a Nigerian senator, Ifeanyi Ubah, accused Mr Ekpa of enforcing the civil action in other parts of the region while ignoring Ebonyi, where he (Ekpa) hails from.

Mr Ubah, who represents Anambra South District, hails from Nnewi, a community in Nnewi North Local Government Area of Anambra State.

Source: https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/608087-sit-at-home-panic-as-gunmen-attack-residents-traders-in-south-east.html

Rest

The outcome of this sit a home will be felt for generations.
Investors will be hesitant to invest in a place that is insecure, denying people jobs and creating dependence on the state government
Children are missing out on a day of schooling which will hamper their education compared to other areas in the country.
Business will make less money as they won't be open for 5 days in a week.

At the end of the day, this affects Chinedu in Ebonyi rather than Bola & Ahmed who live in Lagos or Kano respectively

Shebi boko haram isn't turning you to refugees in your own village even though they are from the North..

JUST RELAX YOURSELF..NA TURN BY TURN

Good.
Sit at home for one week to show solidarity with Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
Is that too much to ask?
God bless umu elohim as they go about enforcing the order.

Release Nnamdi Kanu.
The only solution to this mayhem

You people knows the cause and still be doing as if you don't know nnamdi KANU is the key stop to all this

It should be noted that these Criminals are actually killing people of other tribes.

Please pay attention, watch the video very well.

You can cook for a whole community and they eat and return your plates but when the whole community cook for only you, then you will be in deep shit.

God bless Nigeria

This pikin no kill me, this pikin no kill me! don eventually turn to this pikin no kill yourself

Imagine illiterate kids locking even professors at home while Simeon Ekpa abi na Kulikuli in far away Finland dey smoke joints with 3 girls popping anything poppable as his boys are locking people at home. New set of donations don arrive, mugus don pay shout hallelujah

This is getting out of hand. This was how Bokoharam started in the Northeast. This nonsense must stop Now!

astana1:
The outcome of this sit a home will be felt for generations.
Investors will be hesitant to invest in a place that is insecure, denying people jobs and creating dependence on the state government
Children are missing out on a day of schooling which will hamper their education compared to other areas in the country.
Business will make less money as they won't be open for 5 days in a week.

At the end of the day, this affects Chinedu in Ebonyi rather than Bola & Ahmed who live in Lagos or Kano respectively

Na family matter.
As long as they keep it in their region, they are good to go.
Gambari pa Fulani o lejo n' nu.
Won nja ni Ile k'eji o kan wa.

The affliction is caused by no one but the same residents themselves. I can't forget the courses and insults we received here when we cautioned them on their support for "Angel Unknown Gunmen".

YOONITY BEGGARS they called us, while singing praises of the would be murderers from their rooftops, streets and balconies. Today, the story is that of tears, sorrow and blood.

I sincerely sympathise with the people and dealt hope they're taking some lessons from the unfolding events.

This is bound to happen when you endorse and encourage non state actors who take up arms against the state. It is always just a matter of time.