The commercial bus drivers in Enugu State on Monday withdrew their services in protest against the killing of their members’.

The situation interrupted commercial activities in the state as residents were seeing stranded at various locations in the state capital, while some other business premises were locked up.

Some of the routes affected include buses plying ESBS – New Layout road, Ogui -Obiagu road, Obiagu – New Haven road, Emene – Old Park road, among other routes.

However, combined security operatives, made-up of police, the DSS, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps conducted a show of force around state capital and suburbs.

When contacted, the State Police Public Relations Officer, Daniel Ndukwe, said he was in a meeting and promised to find out the reason behind the protest.

“I am currently in a meeting and will get back to you,” he said, but never got back to our correspondent as of the time of filing this report.

However, the National Director of Information for the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra, Mr. Sunday Okereafor, said he would not comment on the killing of IPOB members.

Okreafor said, “They (those killed) are IPOB members. But I don’t want to speak on IPOB. IPOB has a spokesman; so, I don’t want to speak on their issue. Let them (IPOB) carry their cross; we are carrying our own cross.”