Another round of trouble was witnessed on Monday in Imo State as yet\u00a0 to the identified gunmen undertook a\u00a0 shootout on the road. Trumpeta learnt that following the tensed situation in the South East region over yesterday\u2019s court case of IPOB\u00a0 leader,\u00a0 Nnamdi Kalu some suspected pro Biafra sympathizers took to block the road on Owerri\/ Orlu road. According to our Reporter who was also in one of the vehicles during the gunshots reminiscent of\u00a0 the era of the\u00a0 unknown gunmen boomed, which sent the travelers scampering for safety while on the road.
The particular environment occupied by the gun wielding youths was around the Njaba bridge area towards Orlu. Many drivers reversed and took the route to Orlu through Umuaka round about while offloaded their passengers and headed back to Owerri.
In a chat, a commuter who said he is a Yoruba opted going back to Owerri to lodge, to continue his trip to Orlu on Tuesday.
According to him, \u201cit have witnessed a lot of such scenario and wouldn\u2019t want to take a risk\u201d.
Trumpeta\u00a0 was informed that the unknown gunmen have blocked part of the road shooting guns to scare away road users who it was believed didn’t show solidarity to their cause. Efforts to know reasons why the gunshots were\u00a0 on proved abortive as those\u00a0 who were behind the act went into the bush. However, security men were spotted from Owerri moving to Orlu end as well as those from Orlu going towards Orlu to combat the suspected gunmen.
But before their arrival, the gunmen who blocked the road had disappeared.\u00a0 No life was lost in the hole shootout and efforts to speak to the police command proved abortive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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