5 MASSOB members, 2 policemen killed in Asaba march
(Nigeria) No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed
dead following protest by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of
Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, in Asaba, Delta State on Monday.
It will be recalled that over 40 people were shot dead and many others wounded in Onitsha, Anambra State on Monday.
Acting Police Public Relations Officer in Delta State, Charles
Muka, who confirmed this in a statement, added that the police recorded two
casualties.
He said in the statement that five members of MASSOB were
killed by military officers who had confrontations with the group on the
Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba.
It stated that the military arrested and brought eight
members of MASOB to the police and ``are now in custody in Asaba.”
According to him, the protesters turned violent and attacked
the policemen deployed to monitor the protest, killed two and injured two
others.
“We had to deploy our officers to ensure that the protest
was peaceful but we were surprised that the people turned violent. To our surprise, they started attacking our
men and at Okwe Junction in Abraka area of Asaba, the group killed a police
corporal and took his AK47 riffle.
``Also along the Dennis Osadeby Way in Asaba, they wounded a
police officer and took his anti-riot gun. This group also attacked and wounded
two policemen, suspected to be marine police, and threw them into the River
Niger at Cable Point in Asaba and in the process one died and one was rescued.
“This brings the casualty number to two with two others
injured on the side of the police. The protesters also attacked military
vehicles along the Asaba-Onitsha Expressway which left four members of the
group dead and eight others arrested and brought to the police
headquarters."
It added that a pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet
during the fracas but now receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre,
Asaba.
The statement advised parents and guardians to warn their
children and wards to follow the part of peace and pursue their agenda
constitutionally.
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