Traders in Ogidi, Anambra state, Southeast Nigeria, have violently resisted the devastating effect of sit-at-home protests against the continued detention of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), by burning one enforcer of the exercise.
SaharaReporters gathered that the incident occurred on Monday when one enforcer allegedly went into the market to order business owners to observe the order.
Unfortunately for him, the traders of building materials had made up their minds to end the enforced sit-at-home that the initiator, the leadership of the IPOB, had canceled and denounced.
The group had also directed the government and security agencies to treat anyone enforcing it as a criminal.
However, the self-proclaimed disciple of Kanu, Simon Ekpa has insisted that sit-at-home must be observed every Monday in the Southeast region, insisting that until the detained IPOB leader was released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), it would not end.
A video of the violent incident seen by SaharaReporters on Tuesday shows how a middle-aged man was burnt on the road.
The young man who is seen in the video struggling with the fire later stood up and started running before being stopped by the mob.
The alleged sit-at-home enforcer was knocked down, and they put a tyre on him. Thereafter, they doused him with some inflammable substance believed to be fuel.
“This incident happened today @ building materials Ogidi, then it shows that Igbos are now facing the reality that they can no longer sit at home, forced on us by a fugitive,” a note attached to the video on the WhatsApp number reads.