ExtMedia

  A young lady in the Ikeduru area of Imo State has lamented how her house in the area was set on fire after being mistaken as the hideout of Eastern Security Network (ESN) operatives. On Tuesday, it was reported that the camp of the ESN, the militant arm of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) at Akabo, Ikeduru Local Government Area of Imo, was dislodged by the Nigeria police. During the operation, a policewoman allegedly held captive by the dislodged ESN men was reportedly freed. But, the young lady (name withheld) refuted the claims stating that the police operatives randomly set fire on some houses in the area while claiming they were part of ESN camp. She said her house was among the houses burnt and her cousin was killed in the process. According to her, the young man, said to be in his late 20s to early 30s, was shot dead by the security operatives after accusing him of being a member of ESN/IPOB. She stated that her mother watched helplessly as the damage was done to the ...

  At least 20 traders in the Market Square in Owerri, Imo State are presently counting their losses after personnel of the Nigerian Army and the police, aided by hoodlums looted their shops while searching for the killers of Ahmed Gulak, former adviser to Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.  It was heard from some of the traders who lamented that their means of livelihood were ravaged by the uniformed men under the guise of searching for the suspects. Gulak, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, was shot dead on Saturday evening after he had reportedly left his hotel without his security details, according to the police.  It was   reported from the traders that some military personnel aided by hoodlums of northern extraction after the incident mobilised to the market Square and “ looted wantonly in revenge .” “ The Northerners living around Enyiogugu backed by military men, in the name of serving as informants to aid the arrest of the killers, went from one ...