No fewer than six persons were
alleged to have been shot dead by
security agencies in the commercial city
of Onitsha, Anambra State, Saturday,
during the MASSOB Sit-at-Home order
which was believed to have recorded a
partial success.
MASSOB claimed three of the six men
killed were its members named Sunday
Idom, Emeka Ibe and Okechukwu Okoro.
They were allegedly shot dead by
soldiers at Bida Road Onitsha, where
five others were also said critically
injured.
Vanguard also gathered that some group
of boys suspected to be MASSOB members
set ablaze a Police patrol van at Oba
Junction.
Commander 302 Artillery Regiment
Onitsha, Col. T. A. Gagariga told
newsmen on phone that he was not also
aware that Soldiers shot and killed
MASSOB members, adding that he was aware
that some MASSOB members who were on
patrol with their vehicles, had a fatal
accident at Modebe Avenue junction by
Iweka Road which led to the instant
death of two of them while some others
sustained serious injuries.
alleged to have been shot dead by
security agencies in the commercial city
of Onitsha, Anambra State, Saturday,
during the MASSOB Sit-at-Home order
which was believed to have recorded a
partial success.
MASSOB claimed three of the six men
killed were its members named Sunday
Idom, Emeka Ibe and Okechukwu Okoro.
They were allegedly shot dead by
soldiers at Bida Road Onitsha, where
five others were also said critically
injured.
Vanguard also gathered that some group
of boys suspected to be MASSOB members
set ablaze a Police patrol van at Oba
Junction.
Commander 302 Artillery Regiment
Onitsha, Col. T. A. Gagariga told
newsmen on phone that he was not also
aware that Soldiers shot and killed
MASSOB members, adding that he was aware
that some MASSOB members who were on
patrol with their vehicles, had a fatal
accident at Modebe Avenue junction by
Iweka Road which led to the instant
death of two of them while some others
sustained serious injuries.
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