BEVERLY HILLS, May 09, (THEWILL) – A truck, fully-loaded with cartons of bullets, reportedly fell into a ditch in Onitsha, Anambra State, spilling its content in the street of the commercial city.
However, when contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, denied any knowledge of the incident.
He said: “I have received a report of a fallen truck in that area, but I was not told the content of the truck. If I get to know anything new, I will let you know.”
THEWILL gathered that the incident happened on Sunday morning on Awka Road as worshippers made their way to church.
A source, who confirmed the incident, said: “The truck, a Mercedes Benz 911 model, was moving the goods out of Onitsha when the driver lost control and fell into a gutter.
“The truck fell, and the entire streets were filled with bullets. Some boys even scooped some with their hands and ran away, before security agents arrived at the scene.
“The incident attracted heavy security presence in the Awka Road area and Shoprite axis of the city this (yesterday) morning. The police first arrived in the area before soldiers came. They later brought a tipper, and used a payloader to scoop the scattered bullets into the tipper.
“The tipper had to make three trips to carry all the bullets to an unknown destination before the truck was finally towed out of the ditch.”
Another source said, “The driver and his conductor tried to quickly remove the contents of the truck, but they could not do much before daybreak when policemen arrived at the scene and saw that the truck was carrying live bullets.
“The policemen called for a backup and arrested the truck driver while his conductor escaped.”
