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There was confusion in Onitsha on Monday
following the alleged killing of one Mr Felix
Nwoke by policemen believed to have come
from Ogbaru police station .
But for the intervention of union officials led
by Dr Jim Okonkwo , chairman Board of
Trustees , Motorcycle Transport Union of Nigeria
( MTUN/OWAN ), members of the union would
have taken laws into their hands and burn
down the police station and security buses at
the scene .
Late Nwoke, Daily Independent gathered, was
an executive member of MTUN/ OWAN and
was fighting the rights of his members when
he was allegedly shot by the police .
Members of the MTUN/ AOWAN accused the
police of killing their member for unjustified
reasons .
Anambra State Police Public Relations officer ,
Mr James Ezeh , confirmed the incident and
said that investigations are ongoing to
unravel what led to the death of Nwoke .
Ezeh could not confirm that the police had a
hand in the death.
He promised to ensure that those involved in
the killing will be arrested after a
comprehensive investigation.
Okonkwo accused the security operatives ,
especially the police , of killing one of the
executive members of his union who did not
commit any offence.
He explained , “ I had a phone call that some
policemen in Anambra State are battling our
union members, molesting and extorting
money from them.
“ They collect N 30, 000 to bail any of our
members whenever they are arrested . The thing
became heavily embarrassing to our union.
We wrote to the Commissioner of Police about
this ongoing crime against our union
members .
“ After some weeks again, I had another call
now that one of our executive members, Mr Felix
Nwoke was shot dead at Okpoko in Onitsha
by some policemen and those who call
themselves security task force . When the
incident happened, the police men ran away
with their vehicle while the task force boys they
came with abandoned their bus and ran
away .
“ Some members of the crowd wanted to take
laws into their hands and burn the vehicles
including the police station, but I called on
them not to take laws into their hands as the
Union will make sure that the culprit will be
brought to book” , he said.
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