Fear In Onitsha As Truckload Of Live Bullets Falls (Photos)

Truckload of live bullets has fallen in Onitsha.

Newsone reports that residents of of Onitsha, the commercial nerve of Anambra State, southeast Nigeria, have been gripped with fear, following the fall of a truck loaded with live bullets in the area.

This online news platform understands that the Mercedes Benz 911 truck, which fell along Awka road in Onitsha in the early hours of Sunday, May 9, had the cartons of the bullets spill into the drainage when it skidded off the road.

Reports have it that contents made early morning worshippers to raise the alarm, which attracted the presence of heavy security men who cordoned off the arena.

Truckload of live bullets

A report monitored on The Nation newspaper by Newsone, quoted an eyewitness, who does not want to be mentioned, told to have said that the security situation had put everyone on the alert.

Newsone learned that the truck was moving the goods out of Onitsha to a yet-to-be identified location when the driver lost control and skidded off the road, making it fall into a ditch.

Another source said the truck fell around 5am when the driver and his conductor, after sustaining minor injuries, tried to evacuate and conceal the contents.

“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 consignment of live bullets,” a source said.

Ikenga Tochukwu, the Anambra Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), confirmed there was a lone accident at the spot.

On the cartons of bullets allegedly being conveyed by the truck, the Anambra PPRO said he had not been properly briefed on the situation.

The PPRO, however, assured investigation had commenced into the matter, promising to get back to the reporter.

But a Senior Police Officer, who spoke with The Nation in confidence, confirmed the incident, adding that the driver of the vehicle had been arrested and the lorry impounded, adding the conductor escaped.

‘We are going to get to the root of the matter. The conductor is equally being trailed. It’s a very difficult times for everybody and people have to be careful,” he said.