Tension Heightens As Residents Desert Homes In Orlu As Military Take Over
Orlu council area of Imo State residents have reportedly deserted their homes as the military continues a search for the camps of the Eastern Security Network (ESN). DAILY POST gathered that the presence of the military has crippled economic activities in the area. The Imo state Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General, Barr. C. O. C Akaolisa, while speaking on the crisis over the weekend, said that the government deployed the military to intervene on the extra judicial killings perpetrated by members of the ESN. According to the commissioner the government got an intelligent report of IPOB leading attacks on Orlu people, as well as the government on the pretext of looking for Fulani herdsmen. He said, “the Eastern Security Network (ESN), members have taken the laws into their own hands by killing over 10 policemen and two prominent sons of Orlu, Ignatius Obiezu and Emmanuel Okeke and collected their hilux vehicles.
