Following the reported killing of four traders inside the Onitsha Main Market by operatives of  OCHA Brigade today (Tuesday), citizens of Anambra State have once again called for the immediate clampdown and disbandment of OCHA Brigade and other state government armed operatives.

Among those reportedly murdered, include a heavily pregnant woman and three others.

According to reports, while some angry youths were burning property, vehicles and molesting  citizens in Onitsha after the incident, others took over the streets, chanting war songs while demanding immediate removal of Governor Soludo and all other killer squads under whatever names.

It was gathered that the traders started displaying their wares at the Main Market in the morning when the officials of OCHA Brigade stormed the scene and ordered them to stop and quit which led to  altercations between the traders and the OCHA  Brigade operatives.

Our source disclosed that while the OCHA Brigade operatives insisted that the traders should remove their wares, the traders maintained they were officially assigned the area, having paid so much with official state and local government receipts to use the areas/spots.

 “As the the officials would not have any of those arguments, they applied force as they move around with armed soldiers and policemen to aid their brutal assault on citizens. They impounded and confiscated their wares.

“As the situation immediately escalated, the officials opened fire on the traders at the  Emeka Offor Plaza axis, apparently fearing for their lives and safety. This  left four people including a pregnant woman dead with many others seriously injured.”