Biafra tension: Bloody showdown,police kill two MASSOB members

Tension in Anambra as police kill two MASSOB members

 Two MASSOB members have been reportedly killed in Onitsha

 The pro-Biafrans were killed by policemen from Okpoko police division

 A bloody showdown which ensued at Udeaja led to the killing of one MASSOB

 A clash between MASSOB and some other unnamed group led to the killing of yet another pro-biafran

Policemen attached to Okpoko police division in Onitsha, Anambra state, have reportedly killed two members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign state of Biafra (MASSOB).

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Investigations reveal that some others sustained injuries while a shop was razed following the incident which took place on Sunday, May 15.

Vanguard reports that trouble 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 accused was said to have called his members numbering about 20 on phones and on arrival at the scene at 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 suspect 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 died minutes later,one other MASSOB member is said to have died within the cause of the clash, though authorities are yet to make an official statement.

Confirming the incident though, police spokesman, Olabanji Kayode, said investigations are on-going.