Gunmen attack, kill four in Anambra sit-at-home

Unknown gunmen have reportedly killed four persons in a sit-at-home attack at Ukpo, Dunukofia Local Government Area and Abatete, in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State on Monday.

This was confirmed by the Police Public Relations Officer of the Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga.

He noted that the command is aware of the incident, adding that some operatives were deployed to the scene.

According to reports, the victims include residents and security operatives.

The gunmen, suspected to be enforcing the Monday sit-at-home, were said to have arrived Abatete community at about 8:30 am and opened fire on some residents, before proceeding to the Ukpo Roundabout, where they also fired, randomly at many people, including some members of the Anambra State Vigilante Operatives.

It was gathered that the attackers, also set ablaze some vehicles of the vigilante operatives, and killed at least four of the vigilante men, among other atrocities they committed before fleeing the scenes.

The President General of Abatete Community, Chimame Ezigbo, was also hit by bullet during the attack, and was rushed to the hospital for urgent medical attention.

The sit-at-home order has been observed in the South East for years now and has continued to do more harm than good to both the residents of the region and its economy alike.

It has crippled businesses and drastically reduced revenues as Mondays that are meant to be spent in places of work and businesses, are now being spent indoors.

Many have also questioned the attacks on residents who defile this order, arguing that the enforcers are killing those they are meant to be protecting.

Calls For the end of the sit-at-home order have been made by residents times without number but nothing has been done about it.