Two members of the Movement for the
Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, were reportedly
killed by two policemen attached to Okpoko Police Division, Onitsha
suburb, Anambra State, while others sustained injuries while a shop was
razed yesterday.
Trouble was said to have started for the
MASSOB members when a woman reported a case of assault against one of
them, but he allegedly put up a fight when the Police tried to arrest
him.
The deceased was said to have called his
members numbering about 20 on phone and on arrival at the scene,
Udeaja/Ibe Street, they reportedly attacked the policemen, who gripped
the suspect. The policemen in self-defence used the suspect as shield
while the attack was on and in the process a team of policemen arrived
on a tip-off, which made the members to run away, while the suspect was
arrested.
At the Police station, the deceased was
said to have complained of severe pains as a result of the attack on the
policemen that used him as a shield during the assault from MASSOB
members. He allegedly gave up the spirit minutes later.
Another MASSOB member died when a rival
group reportedly beat him to coma at Edeh Road . It was gathered that
trouble started for the deceased when a woman complained to a MASSOB
member that a rival member assaulted her and immediately the member
mobilized his colleagues and they beat him unconscious and he died
minutes after. In anger and in solidarity with the deceased, residents
of Okpoko mobilized and razed the shop of the woman while she fled.
Confirming the incident, the Okpoko DPO, Mr. Olabanji Kayode, said the investigation is on-going.
Source: Vanguard
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