Suspected IPOB hoodlums insist ‘sit-at-home’ directive continues, threaten mayhem

…Warn Soludo, Ohanaeze, others

Hoodlums, believed to be un­known gunmen, have warned that the Monday sit–at–home directive of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPB), still per­sists in Anambra State, saying that anybody propagating that it has stopped would pay dearly with their lives.

The warning was written in several papers and scattered in an uncovered coffin, on which was placed a freshly sev­ered human head.

They also warned Anambra Governor-elect, Charles Solu­do, with the inscription: ‘Soludo, be warned’, ‘Presidents–General and tradi­tional rulers, we will visit you‘, among others.

The hoodlums also warned Nnobi residents for allegedly not obeying the ‘sit-at-home’ order as well as market ‘masters’ in the, threatening to deal with them over the collection of levies in the Afor Nnobi market and other markets in the State.

It was gathered that the gun­men beat up some passengers on motorcycles and injured others, shouting as they drove about the town, saying that the ‘sit-at-home’ directive continues on Monday and threatened to deal with anybody saying otherwise.

The discovery of the coffin, the corpse and the severed head on Friday morning threw the town into confusion and caused a stampede at the Afor Market, which starts early in the morn­ing and caused a traffic gridlock at the junction.

The corpse and the severed head were subsequently removed by an ambu­lance, while some on-lookers set ablaze the coffin containing the warning papers.