Joseph's dad, Reuben Izu, and a few occupants expressed this.
Joseph, 24, who was before his passing the focal midfielder of the football club, was professedly shot dead on Sunday at the group breakwater.
The late player was a piece of the 3SC, likewise called Oluyole Warriors, which completed fourteenth at the simply closed 2015/2016 period of the Nigeria Premier League.
Joseph's dad let one know of our reporters on the phone on Monday that his child had gone to the place where they grew up in Okaki to keep an eye on his significant other before he met his less than ideal passing.
"He was in Okaki with his significant other before he kicked the bucket. He had wanted to come to Port Harcourt where I live with his little girl.
"He went to the breakwater range where we for the most part swim to have a brisk shower on Sunday. It was while he was there that the men of the JTF assaulted the place and everyone ran higgledy piggledy, including Joseph.
"At the point when the warriors saw them running they started shooting sporadically and one of the projectiles hit Joseph in the leg. As he was moaning with torment, one of the JTF men strolled up to him and gave him a second time at a short proximity in spite of Joseph's request that he was a footballer on vacation in Okaki.
"His cell phone and personality card were seized from him and we have not possessed the capacity to recover them till now. The officers didn't permit anyone to help him until he lost a great deal of blood. After they cleared out, he was taken to the clinic where he passed on because of loss of blood."
Reuben included that the matter had been accounted for to the police.
A few inhabitants of the group additionally let one know of our reporters that the pro footballer was shot by security agents, who were pursuing a suspect inside the group.
One of the inhabitants, who argued not to be named, expressed that Joseph had begged a portion of the JTF agents that he was not the speculate they were searching for, including that the security agents did not hear him out.
He said rather, the warriors shot Joseph at a short proximity.
Some people group individuals were said to have surged him to an adjacent doctor's facility, where he was affirmed dead.
The inhabitant said, "The kid (Joseph) was at the breakwater when security faculty in the territory hailed him and shot him. They (joint team group) were looking for a presume when this happened.
"Joseph let them know that he was a footballer, however his allure failed to be noticed as he was shot. He was later hurried to a healing facility where he kicked the bucket."
The 3SC portrayed Joseph's demise as agonizing and stunning.
In an announcement by the media officer of the club, Jubril Arowolo, the club General Manager, Rasheed Balogun, said family sources told the club administration that Joseph and two different companions were shot and harmed by security specialists at a breakwater in Rivers State.
The club said while the injured companions of Joseph passed on the recognize, the 3SC player kicked the bucket on his way to the healing facility.
The announcement read to a limited extent, "The administration of 3SC sympathizes with the group of one of our players, Joseph Izu, who was killed on Sunday. He joined 3SC in the 2013/2014 season and was on the seat in the club's last match of the season against Abia Warriors in Umuahia.
"He was a committed player who gave his best for the benefit of the club. We are going to miss him enormously. We implore God to allow the family the determination to hold up under the misfortune."
Likewise, the Nigeria Football Federation, in an announcement, said the organization president, Amaju Pinnick, was lamented when he learnt of the occurrence and he promptly called the father of the late footballer.
Pinnick was cited in the announcement to have said, "I am distressfully troubled with what has happened. It is a deplorable occurrence that has conveyed distress to the Nigeria football family scarcely a week after we commended triumph in a World Cup qualifying match.
"What has happened is generally agonizing. I need to speak to our football players to dependably be aware of the organization they keep and the spots they go at all times, since they are extraordinary resources."
The acting representative for 2 Brigade of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Lt. Oluyemi Shokoya, said the matter was being explored.
"The 2 Brigade will soon issue an announcement on the matter," Shokoya included.
The state summon Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Nnamdi Omoni, told our reporter that he had not been informed on the executing of the footballer.
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