Gunmen, on Wednesday, attacked Nwakpu Market in Ndufu-Alike, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, and shot a motorcyclist in the head.
The gunmen also set a vehicle ablaze and destroyed property worth millions of naira.
There have been fear and tension in the state following a sit-at-home order by a faction of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), led by Simon Ekpa.
The group, last Friday, announced a sit-at-home in the South-East from December 9 to 14.
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However, the Commander of Ebubeagu security outfit, Friday Nnanna, told newsmen in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital on Wednesday that the attack at Nwakpu market was not carried out by members of the IPOB.
Nnanna stated that the attack was carried out by gunmen suspected to be robbers who invaded the market.
“What happened was that some boys entered the market to rob traders. They are not members of IPOB but they came into the market with locally-made pistols.
“Right now, investigation is ongoing. We are on track to get them. We are putting on our touch light on them to arrest them,” he added.
The incident was confirmed by the Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chris Anyanwu.
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