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A non state actor by name Simon Ekpa declared a one week observance of the sit-at-home in spite of the recent stance of the Enugu State government cancelling the observance of the sit-at-home as it was inimical to the business interest of the state.
By Monday and Tuesday, various radio programs discussed the readiness of the state government to put an end to the observance of the sit-at-home and urged people to go about their normal business.
The radio discussants narrated government preparedness: the engagement of the security agents and the vehicles donated to the security agents for the purpose of public safety
The government went ahead to use its coercive powers to threaten a shut down of businesses that close shop in observance of the sit-at-home.
Monday and Tuesday witnessed mild incidents as enforcers of the sit-at-home showed defiance of the government order.
But Wednesday witnessed a drastic change in the story as gunshots were heard in several places in town and there was pandemonium in town.
An eye witness said a Toyota Sienna pulled by his side at a road side eatery
He was making an order for food when somebody dropped from the Sienna with an automatic rifle. The eye witness could not recall how he leaped over a wall until he sustained an injury.
According to the eye witness, the food vendor abandoned her duty post and the money realized from the business as she ran for her dear life.
Another eyes witness told how some security agents prevented him and several others from seeking shelter at the station, while another narrated how security men at a road block disappeared from sight as soon as they heard that unknown gun men where within sight.
The most disgusting thing, said one eye witness is the defeatist attitude of the security agents as they claimed that it was useless shooting the enforcers as they claimed that the enforcers are insulated from gunshots.
From our roving reporter
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