Ebonyi State residents ran for dear lives, on Monday, when gunmen suspected to be members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) invaded Abakaliki, the capital of the state.
Markets, banks and filling stations which opened earlier in the day closed down as sounds of gunshots rend the air.
The gunmen, who reportedly wore masks, razed a section of Ahịa Ofú market located along the Abakaliki-Enugu highway.
The action of the group was said to be part of the enforcement of the five days sit-at-home order declared in the region.
The sit-at-home began on Friday but Ebonyi residents defied it.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Chris Anyanwu, said there was no cause for alarm.
Anyanwu who said no one was killed in the incident, promised to give details later.
