At least two persons have been reportedly shot dead in Nnewi, Anambra State on Monday, August 9.
The unidentified young men were killed while residents were complying with the Indigenous People of Biafra’s sit-at-home order.
According to eyewitnesses, gunshots were heard at Izuchukwu Junction at about 6am on Monday morning.
Residents rushed out to see the lifeless bodies of two young men but no one saw who shot them.
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Meanwhile, commercial banks, schools, markets, offices and other public places remain closed. Even the roads and major streets are vacated.
In Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital, students writing the National Examination Council (NECO) exams were seen going to school this morning.
Also, some cars, commercial tricycles and motorcycles were operating.
IPOB had threatened that anyone who dares to go out today (Monday) will regret doing so.
The group had called for the exercise to protest the arrest and detention of its leader, Nnamdi Kanu by the Federal Government.
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