By Ovat Abeng
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.
Paradise News gathered that the incident occurred at Awka Road on Sunday morning as early worshipers were on their way to church.
The accident attracted heavy security presence to the area and ShopRite axis of the city.
It was gathered that the truck, a Mercedes Benz 911 was said to be moving the goods out of Onitsha to a yet to be identified location when the driver lost control and skidded off the road and fell into a gutter.
According to an eyewitness at the scene who spoke to some journalists on condition of anonymity, the truck fell around 5am, 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 is not aware of the incident, but promised to get back to our correspondent, after confirmation.
