Two persons were on Monday allegedly killed in Nnewi, Anambra State, over the sit-at-home exercise declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB).
Police authorities confirmed that there was an incident in the industrial city on Monday morning, which led to fatalities.
Our Correspondent gathered that two persons died during a bloody confrontation that happened at the Izuchukwu junction area in Nnewi. The source claimed that the problem started at about 7.00am in the morning when some IPOB members came out to enforce the sit-at-home order and in the process blocked the major roads in the industrial town.
“Some vehicles were also smashed by aggrieved persons over the attack on the civilians by armed soldiers,” he said.
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