JTF shot 3SC player at close range, say father, residents

A player with the Shooting Stars Sports Club (3SC), a football club in Ibadan, Oyo State, Joseph Izu, who was killed by the operatives of the Joint Military Task Force in Okaki community, in the Ahoada West area of Rivers State, was shot at a close range.

Joseph’s father, Reuben Izu, and some residents stated this.

Joseph, 24, who was before his death the central midfielder of the football club, was allegedly shot dead on Sunday at the community jetty.

The late player was part of the 3SC, also called Oluyole Warriors, which finished 14th at the just concluded 2015/2016 season of the Nigeria Premier League.

Joseph’s father told one of our correspondents on the telephone on Monday that his son had gone to their hometown in Okaki to check on his wife before he met his untimely death.

October 18, Punch

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