The following is a list of MASSOB members murdered or wounded by the Nigerian Police when the Police attacked MASSOB members at the MASSOB secretariat in Okigwe on 4 Dec 2001. To date, a total of 50 MASSOB members have been murdered by the the Nigerian government sponsored death squads. Thousands are in unlawful detention. Many in detention have bullet wounds. Several have bullets lodged in their bodies and are denied treatment by the Nigerian Gestapo.

Biafra Activists Murdered by Nigerian Gestapo (Army or Police)

Name

Age

Sex

Employer or Occupation

Residence

Survived by

Date/Place Murdered

Murderer

Okechukwu Duru

24

Male

Self

Okigwe

Wife and Children

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

DPO

Kenneth Ugwujiaku

28

Male

Self

Okigwe

Wife and Children

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

DPO

Chukwueze Ogbonna

26

Male

Trader

Onuimo

Wife and Children

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe 

DPO

Monday Okoro

20

Male

Student

Onuimo

Parents and Siblings

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe 

DPO

Christian Nwafor

38

Male

Technician

Umuahia

Wife and Children

 4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

DPO

 
 
 

Biafra Activists Wounded and Detained by Nigerian Gestapo (Army or Police)

Name

Age

Sex

Employer or Occupation

Residence

Offense

Date/Place Wounded

Perpetrator

Ifeoma Okeafor

 22

 Female

Applicant 

Onitsha 

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF 

* Innocent Orji

30

Male 

Self

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

* Christian Nwakaibeya

35

Male

Self

Nnewi 

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

* Sunday Iwewe

48

Male

Craftsman

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

*Joseph Nwafor

17

Male

Student

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

*Ogbonna Nwakwo

38

Male

Self

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

Alphonsus Ucheagwa

36

Male

Engineer

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

Frankline Nwaogu

30

Male

Self 

Onitsha

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

Oliver Arine

32

Male

Self

Awka

Not Charged

 4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

Emeka Igwe

33 

Male

Self

Nnewi

Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

Ifeanyi Oku

29

Male

 Undergrad

 Enugu

 Not Charged

4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

*Peter Ohajurogo

 45

Male

Home Builder 

 Onitsha

Not Charged

 4 Dec 2001, Okigwe

NPF

 
* Indicates that the Biafra activist is in detention with bullets lodged in their body and without medical treatment as as of date of publication (20 Dec 2001).

NPF = Nigeria Police Force

DPO = District Police Officer (Okigwe)



The names of some MASSOB members who were shot and wounded by the Nigerian Gestapo have been omitted because compete information was not submitted.