Panic in Onitsha as Police Kill MASSOB Member

 

Two policemen attached to Okpoko Police Division, Onitsha suburb, Anambra State have have killed a member of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra, MASSOB.

 

According to Vanguard 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.

 

It was gathered that the deceased called his members numbering about 20 on phones and on arrival at the scene, Udeaja/Ibe Street, they allegedly attacked the policemen, who gripped the suspect and used him as a shield while the attack lasted until 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 ghost minutes later. Confirming the incident, the Okpoko DPO, Mr. Olabanji Kayode, said the investigation is on-going.