4 persons were allegedly shot dead yesterday in Onitsha: (DSS) and MASSOB

No fewer than four persons were allegedly shot dead yesterday in Onitsha, Anambra State commercial centre, when members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) clashed with joint security team.

The movement, through its Director of Information, Comrade Uchenna Madu, alleged that the recent killing of their members by joint patrol teams was not unconnected to their earlier stand that MASSOB will not support All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) ahead of Saturday’s governorship election.
Madu said the incident happened in the early hours of yesterday, when a joint team of army, police and men of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) stormed MASSOB headquarters along Onitsha-Owerri Road and allegedly opened fire on the members, which resulted in the death of four persons, while several others sustained various degrees of injuries.
He alleged that during the clash, over 87 persons were critically injured and were denied medical attention because of lack of police medical report.
According to him, about 18 vehicles belonging to MASSOB members and traders at Mgbuka-Obosi, (Old Motor Spare Parts Obosi), 137 motorcycles belonging to MASSOB members were burnt and the sum of N920,000 was allegedly taken by the security agents.
He also alleged that the clampdown on their members was masterminded by the Anambra State Government, because it was not comfortable in their resolve to dump APGA and announce their preferred candidate ahead of Saturday governorship election.
The MASSOB image maker also said 37 traders in the Old Motor Spare Parts, Mgbuka, also sustained bullet wounds and were taken to various hospitals for medical attention.