Mayhem has broken-out in Okoh community following the killing of a masquerade by military men. According to the information revealed to Julia Blaise Blog (JBB) the Igwe of Okoh town, Prof Laz Ekwueme ordered the military men to stop the people of Okoh from celebrating their festival, as their masquerades usually rob people. It was disclosed that in 2012, Okoh masquerades robbed students of Federal Polytechnic Oko, and destroyed people’s hard earned properties, which resulted to the killing of a student of Federal Polytechnic Okoh. To curtail the violence, Igwe Ekwueme called soldiers; unfortunately the army killed one of the masquerades. Reacting to the ugly incident, youths of Okoh community took to the streets, destroying properties.

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