Angry residents of Umuagbavo Oru Ahiaria in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State has beaten and killed a hoodlum enforcing the sit-at-home order of the Indeginoius People of Biafra.
The incident which took place on Monday claimed the live of Obinwanne Iwu, who, with other the members of his gang had asked residents going about their businesses to close their shops and obey the sit-at-home order.
Confirming the incident in a press statemnt, the Imo state Police commissioner, Hussani Rabiu, through the police spokesman, CSP Mike Abattam stated that the victim had been killed before security operatives arrived at the scene of the incident.
According the police, the deceased, who was an escapee of the Imo Correctional Centre, Owerri was looting opened shops and distrupting the peace of residents, who were going about their lawful businesses.
“On 20/09/2021 at about 07:45hrs, while residents of Umuagbavo Oru Ahiara in the Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of Imo State came out of their houses for their daily business activities, shops were opened and people were going about their lawful businesses.
“One Obinwanne Iwu ‘m’ aged 34 years, a native Ahiara in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo State, an escapee of the Imo Correctional Centre Owerri and a member of the proscribed IPOB and Eastern Security Network terror group, came to the market with members of his gang attacking, looting opened shops and forcing people to lock up their shops and preventing them from doing their legitimate businesses.
“Shouting at the top of their voices, “Today is Monday and everybody must obey the sit at home order.” This did not go down well with the people who resisted it in its entirety.
“In the pandemonium that ensured, angry mobs in their numbers held the leader of the gang, one Obinwanne Iwu tied his hands behind, while others fled the scene. In the process, he was mercilessly beaten to death, before the police patrol team arrived at the scene.
“Efforts made by the police patrol team to arrest the perpetrators proved abortive as they all fled the scene on sighting the patrol team.”
