Four feared dead in MASSOB, police clash in Onitsha

No fewer than four persons were on Monday allegedly shot dead in a

clash between members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the

Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and a joint security team in

Onitsha, Anambra State.

The leader of MASSOB, Ralph Uwazuruike, who spoke to reporters through

the Director for Information, Uchenna Madu, alleged that the recent

killing of their members by a joint patrol team was because of their

earlier stand that the movement will not support the All Progressives

Grand Alliance (APGA) in the Saturday's governorship election in the

state.

According to Madu, the incident happened in the early hours of Monday

when a joint team of army, police and officials of the Department of

State Security Services stormed MASSOB headquarters along

Onitsha-Owerri Road and allegedly opened fire on their members, which

resulted to the death of four persons while scores sustained various

degrees of gunshot wounds.

He also disclosed that during the clash, over 87 persons were

critically injured and were denied medical attention because of lack

of police medical permit.