Imo: Gunmen Descend On Market, Kill Four

By Charles Igbo

Gunmen, on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, descended on the popular Anara market in Mbano.

By the time they finished  their devilish job, four people lay dead. Three died on the spot. The fourth person died in a nearby hospital where he was rushed to by distraught onlookers.

Eye witnesses said the gunmen who operated in a white-coloured Sienna vehicle, did not stop. They drove through, and fired along, concentrating at a spot where a food vendor was attending to customers.

It is not known what provoked them, but there is a standing order by the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra, IPOB, that each day its Leader, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu appeared in Court, should be marked with a sit-at-home. Meaning there should be no movement in the South-east region. Every activity is expected to freeze.

Kanu appeared at the Federal High Court,  Abuja, on Wednesday before the Hon. Justice Binta Nyako.

The case was, however, adjourned to January 19 and 20, 2022 because Kanu’s Lawyers staged a walk-out even before the Judge entered the Court room in protest that a number of their colleagues were refused entry into the Court by Security Agents.

Justice Nyako frowned at the action of the Lawyers.

Also not allowed in were  delegations from Ohanaeze Ndigbo and  the South-east Council of Traditional Rulers, as well as a number of Journalists.

Many people in the South-east fear that the outcome of Wednesday’s Court proceedings could worsen the security situation in the South-east.

Meanwhile, the Imo State Police Command is investigating the fatal shooting incident at the Anara market.