Tension enveloped Enugu on Thursday evening as Hausa cattle traders at the New Artisan Market attacked government officials and destroyed a police vehicle. READ ALSO: Aggrieved pregnant lady sets lover’s room ablaze in BenueHowever, an attempt to effect the execution was fiercely resisted by the Hausa traders, who reportedly went inside the market, brought several AK-47 rifles and chased away the officials and police detachment. He said, “I was opposite the market when four police vehicles with about 10 policemen arrived at the place with people suspected to be government officials. I came out from the shop where I was and saw people scampering for safety. “The next thing I saw was gun wielding traders, who came out and blocked the NNPC end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt expressway and stopping vehicular movement, just as they set up bonfires along the expressway.

Source: Punch April 22, 2021 23:30 UTC