Onitsha residents are currently in fear, as a truck fully loaded
with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its
content all around the street, in the commercial city of Anambra
State, Nigerian Tribune report.
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Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday
morning on Awka Road in the city as early worshipers made their way
to churches.
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The incident attracted heavy security presence to the Awka Road
area and Shoprite axis of the city.
It was gathered that the truck, a Mercedes Benz 911 model was
said to be moving the goods out of Onitsha to an undisclosed
location when the driver lost control and the vehicle skidded off
the road and fell into a gutter.
According to an eyewitness who spoke to some journalists around
6.50 am at the scene of the accident on Sunday, “the truck fell
around 5 am, the driver and his conductor after sustaining minor
injuries tried to evacuate and conceal the content of the truck but
they could not do much before daybreak when some police operatives
arrived the accident scene only to discover the truck was laden
with a confinement of live bullets.”
The police subsequently called for backup and instantly arrested
the truck driver while his conductor escaped.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ikenganya Tochukwu, said he was not aware of the incident, but
promised to get back to our correspondent after confirmation.
Onitsha residents are currently in fear, as a truck fully loaded
with cartons of live bullets fell into a ditch and spilled its
content all around the street, in the commercial city of Anambra
State, Nigerian Tribune report.
Our correspondent learnt that the incident occurred on Sunday
morning on Awka Road in the city as early worshipers made their way
to churches.
The incident attracted heavy security presence to the Awka Road
area and Shoprite axis of the city.
It was gathered that the truck, a Mercedes Benz 911 model was
said to be moving the goods out of Onitsha to an undisclosed
location when the driver lost control and the vehicle skidded off
the road and fell into a gutter.
According to an eyewitness who spoke to some journalists around
6.50 am at the scene of the accident on Sunday, “the truck fell
around 5 am, the driver and his conductor after sustaining minor
injuries tried to evacuate and conceal the content of the truck but
they could not do much before daybreak when some police operatives
arrived the accident scene only to discover the truck was laden
with a confinement of live bullets.”
The police subsequently called for backup and instantly arrested
the truck driver while his conductor escaped.
When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ikenganya Tochukwu, said he was not aware of the incident, but
promised to get back to our correspondent after confirmation.