Tension In The Air As Troops Take Over Oyigbo After Fresh Mob Attacks Hit Rivers

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Following fresh mob attacks in the Oyigbo Local Government Area in Rivers State, troops of the Nigerian Army and the policemen have taken over the area.

According to The PUNCH, the State Police Command had said members of the Indigenous People of Biafra were responsible for killing two of its operatives and burning of two police station s in the area on Wednesday.

Gunshots rent the area from Thursday night till Friday morning as soldiers repel the hoodlums but there were still flashes of violence in Oyigbo.

Governor Nyesom Wike had placed a 24-hour curfew on the local government but residents said they could not sleep because of the shootings.

Chairman of Oyigbo LGA, Gerald Aforji, while reacting to the incident on Friday morning, said soldiers had intervened to restore calm in the area.