By PAMELA EBOH, Awka

No fewer than two alleged enforcers of sit-at-home order in Anambra State were on Monday gunned down by police.

A statement by the state Police Public Relations (PPRO), DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said that the police operatives in the state gunned down the two defiant gunmen while they were enforcing the Monday sit at home along Umunze Road, in Orumba South Local Government Area of the state.

He said that the police officers recovered a white Toyota Hiace Bus with no registration number from the miscreants.

The statement reads: “The Anambra State Command Operatives on crime prevention patrol in the early hours of today 16/5/2022 along Umunze, road, Orumba South LGA, engaged arm-bearing men allegedly enforcing sit-at-home in Anambra State. The Operatives neutralize two of the miscreants and recovered a white Toyota Hiace Bus with no registration number.

“Further details show that these miscreants where obstructing the movement of innocent road users going for their businesses.

“The hoodlums forcefully collected their motorbikes and tricycles, chased away the passengers and then set the motorcycles or tricycles ablaze.

“Meanwhile, the Command operatives have intensified patrol within the state, and the situation is being monitored. Further details shall be communicated.”

Police patrol teams were also sighted at various locations in the Awka metropolis in the morning, monitoring situation and ensuring that people go about their legal businesses undisturbed.

The presence of securitymen on patrol helped to restore people’s confidence, as many who earlier closed their shops and offices in Awka gradually reopened to continue their businesses for the day.

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