Eyewitnesses said the incident occurred in the early hours of Monday, 6th March, 2023 at Liberty Bus stop, Abakpa, Enugu East Local Government Area.
The armed men, according to eyewitnesses, stormed the ever-busy bus-stop at about 5.30am shooting sporadically to scare away the residents who were coming out of their houses for the day’s activities.
In the process, it was learnt, the two Sienna Buses and Tricycles whose owners had positioned to convey passengers from the area were burnt by the hoodlums.
The gunmen were said to have moved to the popular T-junction where they attempted to force an elderly man out of his car before incinerating him inside the car.
“They stopped the man and commanded him to step out of the car, the man resisted and that made the gunmen opened the fuel tank , shot into the tank making the car to go up in flames with the man inside,” said an eyewitness, who added that the man was burnt to death.
The Nnamdi Kanu-led IPOB had since cancelled the sit-at-home observed in South East States every Monday saying such restrictions would be observed only on days Kanu would appear in court but Finland-based factional leader of the group, Simon Ekpa, has continued to order his armed gangs to enforce the order, which has led to loss of many lives and the destruction of property worth billions of naira within the South East region.
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