The police have confirmed the incident.
In a, 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.
“ sit-at-home! Nnamdi Kanu must be released. No Nnamdi Kanu, no peace. You can see that Keke is burning,” a voice, apparently one of the hoodlums, was heard speaking in the background of the video. 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 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.
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