{"id":86638,"date":"2021-10-04T15:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=86638"},"modified":"2021-10-04T15:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T14:43:48","slug":"students-flee-traders-abandon-wares-as-gunmen-enforce-sit-at-home-order-in-imo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/students-flee-traders-abandon-wares-as-gunmen-enforce-sit-at-home-order-in-imo\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Flee, Traders Abandon Wares As Gunmen Enforce Sit-At-Home Order In Imo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m10815\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">There was utter confusion in Owerri, Imo State capital, as gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) enforced the sit-at-home order.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe gunmen, who stormed streets and markets in Owerri, forced traders to close shops.<\/p>\n<p>They shot sporadically in the air to scarce people and motorists.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nMotorists quickly made U-turn while many passengers disembarked.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSome vehicles collided with one another as driver made frantic moves to turn back.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe confusion, which started at Wethral road, spread to neighbouring Mbaise road, Douglas road and Naze along Aba- Owerri road.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nTraders at the multi-million Alaba International market and Naze Cluster markets quickly closed their shops and locked the entrances leading to the market.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nHoodlums took advantage of the situation to scatter some wares already displayed by shop owners who fled.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSchools immediately closed while parents rushed to pick their children.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nIt was not immediately known what actually happened, but our correspondent gathered that the gunmen had arrived Owerri from Aba ostensibly to enforce the order in Imo.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nSpokesman of the Imo state police command, CSP Mike Abattam, was not available for comments.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThere has been apprehension in the\u00a0 South-East since IPOB declared its weekly sit-at-home order.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nAlthough spokesman of the group, Emma Powerful, had said the group had cancelled the weekly order, some members of the organisation were said to have vowed to continue to enforce it.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was utter confusion in Owerri, Imo State capital, as gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) enforced the sit-at-home order. 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