The victims, from Amangwo Olokoro in Umuahia, Abia State were travelling to Enugu on Saturday for a burial.
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This was contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, on Sunday in Enugu.
The commuters made the appeal on Sunday in Aba, Abia when they spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria.
The Commissioner for Homeland Security, Sopuruchi Bekee, spoke in a statement issued in Umuahia on Monday.
It was gathered that the incident happened at about 2 pm at the Uratta, Aba area of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway as the gunmen, wearing black attires, suddenly marched through popular streets and markets warning traders and residents about the imposition of a two-day sit-at-home order slated for Thursday and Friday.
Abubakar made the remarks when he spoke with newsmen on Thursday in Umuahia, Abia State when the 15-member committee currently on inspection of federal roads in the South East inspected Sections 1 and 2 of the expressway.
Kalu said this on Thursday at the Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia, when he visited members of the National Youth Service Corps who were involved in a road mishap.
No fewer than nine persons were confirmed dead, while 12 persons sustained injuries in an auto crash on Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, Enugu.
Angry youths on Monday barricaded the Umuikaa Junction on the Abia end of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, protesting the alleged brutality and extortion of from men of the Nigerian Navy in the area.
Shehu stated this in an interview with newsmen on Sunday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accident occurred near Four-Corner Junction in Enugu axis of the expressway at the early hours of Monday