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Owerri, Imo State capital went into flames Saturday morning following a clash between Imo State government forces and indigenes of Owerri over the government’s decision to demolish the famous Ekeukwu Owerri market.

Eye witness accounts confirm that the state capital is presently under siege following the arrival of bulldozers and commencement of the exercise, which has already taken the lives of about five persons, with many others injured, while property worth billions of Naira are already lost.