As the tension builds up in South eastern state of Anambra ahead of the November 6, Gubernatorial elections with the knowledge of the separatist group IPOB Sit-At-Home order the Nigeria Military arrived at the Anambra in a parade that was meant to be just a “Show Of Force”.
However, this quickly descended into a little of an American action war movie as the joint Nigerian Military security operatives were attacked and engaged in a gun battle by some unknown gunmen in an Anambra market in Idemili Local Government.
The surprise attack even saw the State Commissioner of Police Echeng Eworo Echeng, forced to partake in active action firing at the unknown gunmen, which saw 5 of the assailants killed and no casualties of the security men recorded.
The Commissioner of Police, who after the repelling of the attacks by unknown gunmen called the attack a joke, noting that such a brazen poorly thought-through attack could only have ended one way and which was what happened.
