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Outrage As Nigerian Army Carries Out Airstrikes In Orlu Killing Innocent People

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4 years ago

Feb 18, 2021.

There is an outrage by many Nigerians on the microblogging platform Twitter. After a video of the Nigerian Military conducting airstrikes in Orlu, a civilian-populated area in Imo state surfaced online.

The incident has reportedly resulted in many deaths, with Orlu trending on Twitter when filing this report.

According to the Eyewitnesses who shared the videos, EKO HOT BLOG learned the airstrikes started on Thursday noon.

However, it’s not ascertained why the airstrikes were carried out in Orlu as at the filing of this report. Still, sources alleged it is connected with dislodging members of a proscribed group, IPOB’s Eastern Security Network.

https://twitter.com/honilatte/status/1362312823024590851

Below are some of the reactions from the Twitter thread:

@ulxma: Why is the news of the Nigerian Army carrying out airstrikes in Orlu not making major headlines yet? Can someone explain to me what the people of Orlu did to wake up in the morning to the sound of Mi-35 helicopters opening fire on them?

@renoomokri: Watch As @MBuhari Rains Terror On Orlu, and Rains Amnesty on Bandits. Has The Nigerian Civil War Ended?

@romeocza: I served in Ideato North, close to Orlu which was our go to town when we wanted to groove in our vicinity. To think the Nigerian military will be using air power in a town that crowded and busy should amount to a crime against humanity. Wetin Igbo people do these brutes abeg.

@DrOlufunmilayo :There are reports Nigerian Army is currently dropping air bombs killing people in Orlu, Imo State. Orlu is the second largest city in Imo state- it is only Owerri that is bigger. How do you go to a city and carry out airstrikes? Are we now in Iraq? What is this madness really?”.

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