The once peaceful community that harbour's the Oko Polytechnic was thrown into disarray when a Military man invited by the Igwe (king) of Oko town Prof Laz Ekwueme to calm the irate youths mistakenly shot and killed a masquerade! Trouble started when the Igwe ordered the army to stop the people of Oko from celebrating their annual festival because the masquerades associated with it always fomented trouble for the people. In 2012 the masquerade allegedly robbed students of Federal Polytechnic Oko, which resulted in a big clash then. To enforce the ban on the festival, he employed the military men to keep order but unfortunately a masquerade was killed in the process which sparked a riot! More photos below;
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