R-e-v-e-a-l-e-d: Ezu River corpses were those of MASSOB members, rights group insists

Dozens of bodies found floating in Ezu River, at the border between Anambra and Enugu states, were men seized and extra-judicially executed by a deadly police Special Anti-Robbery Squad, a civil society network, has said in a report.
The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law said its findings showed the bodies were those of illegally arrested members of the public, robbery and kidnapping suspects, and members of the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
The group, in its
report made available to our correspondent, alleged that the victims were executed without investigation, prosecution, and sentencing, the non-governmental organisation, which has carried out several reports and evaluation of police abuses, said.
The report, dated February 25, is signed by Chairman of the network, Emeka Umeagbalasi.
The unidentified bodies were first found on January 19 as villagers of Amansea, the community near the river, went to fetch water early in morning from the community’s only drinking source.
The finding shocked the nation and the world, but surprisingly the Federal Government is yet to make a pronouncement on the issue.
While the villagers said the bodies were more than 30, police insists they were less than 20.
MASSOB had earlier claimed the bodies were those of its members, who went missing months after police took them into custody. Police has denied the claim.
The International Society for Civil Liberties and the Rule of Law said it spoke with several relatives of missing family members and community sources, which pointed at the SARS.
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