4 KILLED IN MASSOB, SECURITY OPERATIVES CLASH IN ONITSHA

No fewer than four people were feared killed in Onitsha on Monday when members of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra clashed with a team of security men.
MASSOB however claimed that it was an attack on its members that could...

be linked to the decision of the movement to withdraw their support
from the All Progressives Grand Alliance and announce their preferred
candidate before the Saturday's governorship election.
The Police however declined comments on the incident.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Emeka
Chukwuemeka, said he had not been officially briefed on the incident.
The Director of Information of MASSOB, Mr. Uchenna Madu, who said he
was speaking on behalf of the leader of MASSOB, Chief Ralph
Uwazuruike, said the incident occurred in the early hours of the day.
He said the joint security team was made up of the Army, Police and
State Security Service personnel, who stormed MASSOB headquarters
along Onitsha-Owerri road and allegedly opened fire on their members.
He said at the end of the attack, four persons were felled, while many
others sustained gunshot wounds.
He also said more than 80 persons, critically injured in the incident,
were denied medical attention because they could not show that they
had police medical permit.
Madu added that 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 N920, 000 was
taken by the security agents.
The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Peter Obi on Media and
Publicity, Mr. Valentine Obienyem, who said he was not aware of the
incident, wondered why MASSOB had blamed the governor for the said
fracas.
"Why are they calling the name of the governors?" he asked.