On Tuesday 20th Oct evening IPOB using Oyigbo LGA as a launching base without provocation unleased mayhem on parts of Rivers State. In Oyigbo they burnt Courts,Police Stations, Northern properties and businesses
and killed 6 Soldiers and 4 Policemen. The Notherners in Oyigbo and Iriebe came together to defend themselves against further attacks by IPOB. They also burnt a phone market in the proximity of their burnt trailer park.