About seven persons have been sent to their early grave following protests by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Asaba, Delta State on Monday.
The acting Police PRO in Delta, SP Charles Muka, who confirmed this in a statement, added that the police recorded two casualties. He said five others lost their lives when MASSOB confronted the soldiers who were deployed to maintain the peace after the protesters pushed two policemen into the river.
The military arrested and took eight members of MASOB to police and "are now in custody in Asaba."
According to him, the protesters turned violent and attacked the policemen deployed to monitor the protest, they killed two officers on duty and injured two others. “We had to deploy our officers to ensure that the protest was peaceful but we were surprised that the people turned violent.
“To our surprise, they started attacking our men and at Okwe Junction in Abraka area of Asaba, the group killed a police corporal and took his AK47 riffle.
“Also along the Dennis Osadeby Way in Asaba, they wounded a police officer and took his anti-riot gun. This group also attacked and wounded two policemen, suspected to be marine police, and threw them into the River Niger at Cable Point in Asaba and in the process one died and one was rescued.
“This brings the casualty number to two with two others injured on the side of the police.
“The protesters also attacked military vehicles along the Asaba-Onitsha Expressway which left four members of the group dead and eight others arrested and brought to the police headquarters.”
The statement added that a pregnant lady was hit by a stray bullet during the fracas, she is receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba. Security has been deployed to deal with the miscreants.
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