Tension heightens in Orlu as Nigerian govt deploys over 400 soldiers


Not less than 400 soldiers have been deployed in Orlu area council of Imo State following the killing of members of Eastern Security Network by Nigerian soldiers.

It was gathered that as at Tuesday, over 40 hillux buses loaded with soldiers from the force headquarters, Zaira, have been dispatched to the crisis-ridden area to completely take control of the area.

A resident in Orlu main town who spoke with our correspondent, said that the soldiers were armed with over 300 different ammunition.

A source also revealed that over 20 hillux buses loaded with soldiers have been dispatched from state police command.

The soldiers, according to the source, have embarked on a manhunt and bush searching in and around the community for members of Eastern Security Network (ESN).

Another resident who pleaded anonymity, revealed that three soldiers had been shot dead, adding that the situation was getting out of hands.

He warned residents in the area to be on the look out against military rampage.

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  1. over 400 soldiers deployed to Orlu. What is happening there? Are we fighting a war with another country?

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  2. Just imagine,lazy ass

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  3. Deploying 400 soldiers in orlu only and Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen are killing people out there what a country

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  4. FG should have mobilize this soldiers and send them to wrap up the war against Boko Haram instead of sending them to Orlu for a mission of no significance.

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  5. This zoological country is a joke

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  6. ESN gonna kill una, useless nonentity untrained animals, called Nigeria Soldier.

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  7. What kind of publication is this, where are the 400 soldiers, apart from that is it better for soldiers to fold their arms and look at hoodlums riding the whole Orlu with crime when you know the white Hilux ESN is using belongs to the man they killed in Orlu on the 23rd of December 2020, at Ihioma road Orlu, my dear always edit ur news well abeg

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  8. We are not one in this country this country is filled with tribalism

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