Reports just coming in to our newsroom indicate that riots are currently on going in Aba, Abia State.
In the words of an eyewitness:
So my “waka waka” took me this early morning to school road by mosque Aba,Abia state..so I could get some things there,and what did I see; Fire,blood,gunshot everywhere!! I came down,asked around and got to know that the fight was between the government Task Force of the state; who came into the market two days ago and said they had orders from the sitting governor to bring down shops/small spaces which are NOT in the market building…so the traders all disagreed that such A thing wont happen and that if their shops were brought down;how would they do their businesses??
So the Task force men still insisted and went on to destroy the shops;hence the traders couldnt bear it anymore and burnt the car which the task force men came with(Camry)…
So just this morning;the task force men came for their own revenge with arms and started shooting in the market place;cutting whomever was seen on sight with their knives and that was how the whole fight started all over again…the Traders now retaliated back and started protesting, demanding Governor Ikpeazu to step down and that was how the whole sporadic shooting, breaking of bottle, burning of things at sight, blood etc commenced…
Attached are small pics I was able to take before una hear “stories that touch”..
More pictures below…..
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