Residents of Orlu Community in Imo State are in fears as a result of clash between the Eastern Security Network and the Nigerian security operatives which has already claimed many lives.
According to whatsApp chats and video obtain from a resident in Orlu, so many lives has already been lost as a result of reprisal attack from the Nigerian Police and Army.
In his words he said;
Started off with police asking eastern security network to stop their meeting as they’re illegal. Police claimed their men were killed and the military was deployed. Military claimed 5 of their men have been killed and started reprisal killings.
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“A helicopter has been deployed in Orlu. The military helicopter has been hovering over civilian homes. They should go to the forest and engage the ESN operatives. There is tension everywhere,” a resident, who did not wish to be identified, said.
Since last Friday, there has been a crisis in Orlu after a clash between ESN officers and soldiers resulted in the deaths of people.
On Tuesday, the Indigenous People of Biafra accused the Nigerian Army of killing five innocent residents of Okporo in the Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State.
This move by Nigerian army has heightened the tension between the Army and the Eastern Security Network.
The soldiers reportedly could not arrest any of the ESN operatives who reportedly overpowered the army, reportedly because of their use of traditional powers.
The soldiers were said to have withdrawn with one of them being seen in a viral video rescued by some civilians and taken into a private firm for safety from the rampaging ESN operatives.
The security agencies were said to have planned a reprisal.
Witnesses reported sporadic shooting while residents took cover to avoid stray bullets.
Five persons, including a middle-aged woman, were said to have been killed by stray bullets from guns of the Nigerian Army while some properties were burnt.
The soldiers were said to be drawn from the 34 Artillery Brigade in Obinze.
