By Okpara Modesty
Owerri – The sleeping Opkoro Community in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State,Friday, came under attack by men of the Nigerian Armed Forces and the police, shooting sporadically in the aftermath of a clash between IPOB protesters and some security personnel in Orlu earlier in the week.
Recall that members of the Indegenous People of Biafra (IPOB) protesting the arrest and detention of their leader Nnamdi Kalu in Orlu town, Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State were violently dispersed by armed security personnel resulting in the death of many persons including some military men with many others injured.
Sources at the Opkoro community hinted that the attack followed intelligence report linking one Eruba Theophilus Mmadu,the alleged coordinator of the anti-governnent protest on Wednesday in Orlu that went awry.
Eruba Theophilus Mmadu, it was learnt was the target of the Opkoro invasion by the joint military operation in their bid to arrest him to face prosecution
He was however lucky as he had fled before the army arrived. Several ‘innocent’ people were not as lucky as they were beaten up and some killed by the angry invading military men who also destroyed several houses in the community.
At the time of filing in this report, it was not certain how many people were killed and injured in the attack . Unconfirmed sources hinted that about a dozen were arrested and taken away in the military truck, fueling suspicions that some may have been killed in the attack.
Meanwhile,the police in Owerri, Capital of Imo State, has declared Eruba Theophilus Mmadu, Uzo Chika Henry, Ken Okeke Meriwo and few others whose proper names are yet to be identified wanted for terrorism charges.
A police statement said Eruba Theophilus Mmadu and his gang had been the ones terrorizing the Orlu LGA and it environs, assuring that the police are out to contain their nefarous activities and restore order to the area.
