No fewer than four members of the Anambra Vigilante Services (AVS) have been killed by gunmen in Anambra State.
The incident occured on Monday morning with the gunmen shooting sporadically.
The hoodlums are reportedly enforcing the sit-at-home exercise.
NPO reports that three of the four vigilantes were killed in Ukpo, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state while one was killed in Abatete, Idemili North LGA.
In a video sighted by NPO Reports, some vehicles were also seen set ablaze.
This is following the State Governor, Soludo’s directive, urging traders to ignore the Monday sit-at-home order issued by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and go about their normal business.
Meanwhile, reports from eyewitness revealed that the gunmen set their operational vehicle ablaze and fled, taking about seven people with them and injuring many others in the process.
“They came from nowhere, shooting sporadically and chanting ‘no Biafra, no freedom.’ People started running for safety.”
The Police Public Relations Officer, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, stating that the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Ukpo Community is investigating the incident.