POLICE: NO MASSOB MEMBER WAS KILLED

The Anambra State Police Command yesterday said no member of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) was killed and dumped in Ezu River as being claimed by the group.

The Commissioner of Police, Ballah Nasarawa, said yesterday at the Command’s Headquarters in Amawbia that the names mentioned by MASSOB as some of its missing members were not in the Command’s records.

Nasarawa said MASSOB had been proscribed by the government and must remain so.

“Any person who hides under the canopy or pretext of MASSOB or any illegal organisation to commit any crime will be arrested and prosecuted.”

Nasarawa said all suspected criminals arrested under the guise of MASSOB were duly charged to court.

“As at now, many have been remanded in prison custody, awaiting trial, but at no time did my command arrest persons bearing the names mentioned in the publication.

“Our records are there to speak for us.

“I will not fold my arms and allow criminals to unleash terror on innocent citizens.

“I want to assure the people that I am unshaken by this spurious allegations and my fight against all forms of crime and criminality is total and non-negotiable.

“I am not deterred and cannot be intimidated by any group. We remain focused in the fight against crimes in the state.”

The commissioner said the autopsy report on the bodies is being awaited. Investigations, he said, are still on.

Source: The Nation