Since 3 July, there had been reports of shootings by gunmen enforcing the civil action across the five states in the region.
PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Simon Ekpa, the leader of Autopilot, a faction of the IPOB, had in aMr 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 Friday 7 to 10 July.that Sunday 9 July had been exempted from the sit-at-home days, to allow residents of the region – which has a high population of Christians – to worship their God.
He said the operatives subsequently recovered the vehicle, which had blood stains on its seats and other parts of the vehicle, adding that some arms and ammunition were also recovered from the attackers during the operation. One AK-47 rifle with a magazine loaded with 19 live ammunition of 7.62 calibres and two bottles of petrol bomb were among the items recovered from the hoodlums during the operations, according to the police.
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