No fewer than seven persons have been confirmed dead following protest by members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB), in Asaba on Monday. 

The Acting Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), in Delta, SP Charles Muka, who confirmed this in a statement, added that the police recorded two casualties. He said in the statement that five members of MASSOB were killed by military officers who had confrontations with the group along the Asaba-Onitsha Expressway in Asaba. It stated that the military arrested and brought eight members of MASOB to the police and “are now in custody in Asaba.’’

According to him, the protesters turned violent and attacked the policemen deployed to monitor the protest, killed two 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.”

It added that a pregnant woman was hit by a stray bullet during the fracas but now receiving treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Asaba.

The statement advised parents and guardians to warn their children and wards to follow the part of peace and pursue their agenda constitutionally.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/05/7-die-massob-protests-asaba/

Enough of these senseless killing.

7dead? Wtf!

WTF? TOO BAD

I am coming

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with the voice of an elder, I am speaking to the youths of this generation and precisely to the IPOB. ur actual aim of confronting the force men TODAY was to create a scene and attract the attention of the government. Now there is disruption of lives and properties in Asaba . Do u know that just like u were not perturbed when Boko haram was destroying Borno state, same way the people up North read and ignore whatever happens down South. The federal government is not even moved at all. let's rather organize ourselves and hold this government accountable for not creating jobs. I rest my case.

what a shame..

I would have dropped some things here but a Seun or two is always on the look out to ban me..

so people can't protest in peace again? they are even shooting pregnant women now?
nawa o...

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Choi! So my question is are they Deltans or from the core east ?

ICC invitation now inevitable for this evil ghost of 1983!

When is his next forged o'level court case sef?

The right to protest is a perceived human right arising out of a number of recognized human rights.

I wonder why the useless nigeria police and it's illiterate Sheriff don't understand this

Femi On Weapons Bought By GEJ

Channels ---"We hear that the weapons bought by the Jonathan Administration is being used now to fight BH."

Femi Adeshina---"Govt is a continuum."

Channels ---"But is it true?"

Femi Adeshina---"You can direct that question to the Defence Headquaters"

Channels ---"But you are a spokesperson for the govt"

Femi Adeshina...Well...ehn...you see...

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So it is now a CRIMINAL offence to admit that Jonathan actually bought weapons to prosecute the war on terror?

All media have been bribed to substitute IPOB for MASSOB...well planned by Federal government and MASSOB.

This is nonsense

Hmmm

ok

When the police reported 7 people dead I want you to know it was more than what they reported

i wil coment lita

Looks like the lives of Nigerians are now more endangered than that of the animals!

Somewhere in the Niger Delta, the occupants of a village are holed up in a forest left at the mercy of wild animals and hunger.

Somewhere up North, evil sons of doom lurk around looking for innocent lives to blow off.

Smh.

Killing of unarmed protesters ?

hmmmm! what a country

Which way Naija

See what selfish Ojukwu caused.

SAD. This is getting violent

this is painful

This is becoming worrisome

Rip

Una never see anything. useless zoo JTF my ass.

Aren't u suppose 2 be hapi? Dat ur buhari is crushing d southern regions

madridguy:
Noted

I hate to see news like this......I'm sure the pregnant woman dey on her own but the bullet went and hit her, she didn't ask for that. Thank God for saving her life....what happened to peaceful protest, there are ways u let people here ur voice not by aggressions cos that just show u are an animal.....no one has to die but people fail to see that......we first heard the protesters were killed but no one mentioned that they were attacking the policemen until this news came out...and they called we others animals in the zoo....a beg who are the animals?