Unknown gunmen struck on Thursday, April 16, 2021 destroying cars, attacking a bank and hoisting Biafran flags in Anambra State.
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The gunmen numbering about 10 carried out their nefarious activities at Abagana in Njikoka Local Government Area at about 4 pm, no life was lost.
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) alleged a plot to frame it for impending attacks on banks.
The gunmen shot into the air as passersby, customers and staff members scampered for safety.
An eyewitness said the attackers arrived in a black Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV).
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They were said to have set fire on a Nissan Pathfinder SUV, with registration number UR 640 KJA.
They smashed the glasses of a Honda car with registration number FST 456 AC, both parked at the bank.
Police spokesman, Ikenga Tochukwu, said the command was on the trail of the hoodlums.
“The hoodlums were pursuing their target and when they could not get him, they started shooting sporadically in the air.
“They smashed some vehicles, but we cannot ascertain at the moment whether anyone was injured or the actual damage caused as a result
“The command will not allow such hoodlums to run over Anambra State. An investigation is on,” Tochukwu said.
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IPOB dismissed a purported claim by security agencies that its security outfit, the Eastern Security Network (ESN), intends to attack banks in the Southeast to acquire money to purchase arms.
The group, however, did not specify when the security agencies made the claim.
IPOB spokesman, Emma Powerful, said members of the group are not criminals.
“We, the global family of the IPOB ably led by our great and indomitable leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wish to put banks in Biafraland on notice of a wicked plot by the security agencies to harm them.
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“Our intelligence unit has uncovered fabricated propaganda…that ESN is planning to attack banks in Biafraland to acquire money to purchase arms.
“We, therefore, wish to debunk this falsehood and blatant lie from the pit of hell.
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