From Nweke Nweke Awka
No fewer than two members of the Movement for the Actualization of the
Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB, were reporded killed, two policemen
attached to Okpoko police Division, Onitsha suburb, Anambra state,
sustained injuries and a shop razed yesterday.
Trouble started for the MASSOB members when one of them resisted
arrest by the two policemen as a woman lodged case of assault against
him.
He was said to have called his members numbering about 20 on phone and
on arrival at the scene, Udeaja/Ibe street, attacked the policemen who
gripped the suspect.
The policemen in self defence used the suspect as shield while the
attack was on and on 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 statiion he reportedly complained of severe pains as a
result of the attack on the policemen that used him as shield as bulk
of the beating from MASSOB members went to him and he died 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 colleaques and they beat him to
coma and he died minutes after.
In anger and to show solidality to the deceased, residents of Okpoko
mobilized and razed the shop of the woman while she fled for her dear
life.
Confirming the incident, the Okpoko DPO, Mr Olabanji Kayode said
investigation is on going.
