Suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has set ablaze, a trailer loaded with motorcycle spare parts.
The sad incident happened at Eluagu Obukpa, in Nsukka local government area of Enugu State around 7am in the morning.
Sources at the scene told our correspondent that the arsonists driving a Sienna vehicle double-crossed the trailer forced it to stop before setting it ablaze.
Asked if the people were members of IPOB, an eyewitness told our correspondent that “I don’t know if they’re because they were not wearing anything depicting them as members of the group but they were shouting, ‘no movement today, you must sit-at-home’ while setting the trailer on fire.
“I don’t know how but the driver escaped and nobody was killed,” the witness that identified himself as Mr Onuh said.
Men of Enugu State raced to the scene to salvage the situation but they couldn’t get there on time as the goods estimated to be worth tens of millions has been decimated by the fire.
ASP Daniel Ndukwe, the spokesman of Enugu State Police Command said “Information surrounding a truck found on fire this morning at Eluagu Obukpa in Nsukka LGA is sketchy, as the Command is yet to receive any formal report of the incident.
“However, preliminary investigation has commenced,” Ndukwe said.
IPOB had declared Mondays sit-at-home in the Eastern part of the country to protest the continued detention of their leaders, Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government of Nigeria who was abducted in Kenya and smuggled into Nigeria.
IPOB’s leadership later suspended the order and declared that the sit-at-home will now take place any day Mr Kanu will be making appearance in court.
Three weeks after the announcement of the suspension, South East continued to be deserted over what people described as ‘fear of the unknown’.
