Anger, Outrage Flow, As Gov Soludo’s OCHA Brigade Allegedly Kills Four Onitsha Traders

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The infamous activities of the Anambra State Internal Revenue Enforcement  agency, the OCHA Brigade, was  on Tuesday, September 9, 2025, once again on the spot, following the shooting and killing of no fewer than four persons including, a pregnant woman.

The Source reports that operatives of the Anambra State Government – owned revenue enforcers  stormed the popular Sir Emeka Offor axis of the Onitsha Main Market, shooting sporadically.

The incident, which according to eye witness accounts, occurred Tuesday morning, resulted in the death of four persons, among whom was a pregnant woman. Several others are believed to have sustained varying degrees of injuries while scampering to safety.

Expectedly, the unfortunate incident ,which not  a few believe is in tandem with the activities of the notorious outfit, provoked widespread panic and outrage among both traders and residents of the Commercial nerve centre of Anambra State.

Since its establishment by Governor Chukwuma Soludo to purportedly coordinate the collection of levies/taxes and rents, mostly in markets and parks, the outfit has continued to come under intense scrutiny and condemnation for its brutal and violent conducts.

The group has been caught, on a number if times,  unleashing serious violent activities on unsuspecting residents, mostly traders and commercial vehicle owners and operators.

A distraught trader lamented: “This is heartbreaking. Four innocent people who left their homes this morning have been brutally murdered in cold blood.

“Among them is a pregnant woman. Anambra people are now living in fear because criminals, and blood thirsty individuals have been handed down guns and uniforms in the name of enforcement.”

Amidst growing anxiety, anger  and palpable apprehension among residents, the authorities, including the Police and State Government are yet to react to the development as at the time of reporting.

But  it was gathered that security has since been enhanced in the area to forestall any breakdown of law and order.