The members of the Movement for the Actualization
of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, on Friday
clashed with the police in Anambra State, leaving
one person dead, and eleven others in various
degrees of injuries.
A source told DailyPost that trouble started when a
police team on surveillance flagged down a motorist
along the ever busy Onitsha/Owerri road in Onitsha,
which drew the attention of MASSOB members that
were controlling the traffic.
MASSOB members have been involved in voluntary
traffic control since the yuletide.
As they intervened, there
was a heated argument
which resulted in assault
between the MASSOB
and police, prompting
one of the policemen to
shoot a MASSOB
member and he died
instantly.
Consequently, the
MASSOB members in
anger barricaded the
ever-busy Onitsha-
Owerri road for two
hours and made bonfire
with fairly used tyres
forcing traffic to divert to
the Obosi by-pass.
Meanwhile, the corpse of
the dead member was
said to have been taken
to the Awada Police
Station.
When contacted, the
Onitsha Police Area
Commander, Mr.
Benjamin Wordu
confirmed the incident
but said that trouble
started when MASSOB
and a rival group had a
bloody clash.
He said on hearing of the incident, he dispatched a
team of policemen to the troubled area, adding that
normalcy had since returned.
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