Two Policemen reportedly dead in clash with MASSOB

Two policemen were Monday feared dead while two others were injured following clashes with protesters under the auspices of the Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).



MASSOB are agitating for the release of IPOB henchman Nnamdi Kanu currently standing trial for treasonable felony.

The group is also agitating for the independence of Biafra from the Nigerian State.

It was gathered that a police patrol van was vandalised by the protesters at Mammy Market junction along Nnebisi road.

It was learnt that trouble started after policemen fired tear gas canisters into the crowd on a peaceful march around Anwai road in Asaba metropolis.

Following this attack, the crowd regrouped and attack a police patrol team fatally stabbing a policeman in the melee that ensued.

A source who visited the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba where the corpse of the slain cop was deposited observed that the Achilles tendon of the deceased cop was ruptured leading to a pool of blood on the floor by the stretcher upon which the policeman laid.

Two policemen were reportedly thrown by the protesters into the River Niger, while one of the cop was retrieved and rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba rescue efforts to recover the other one was ongoing as at the time of filing this report.

The rescued cop had a wound in his navel while he bled from swellings on his forehead. Also the cop had a bruise on his left leg apparently sustained from the fall into the River Niger.

It was gathered that the rescued cop receiving treatment is an Assistant Superintended of Police (ASP) attached to the ‘B’ division.

Yet a fourth policemen sustained injuries on his left and was admitted at the Federal Medical Centre.

Efforts to reach the Delta State Police Commissioner, Alkali Baba Usman proved abortive as his number was switched off.