According to the governor, the military came on his invitation because the situation was beyond the local arrangement.
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo state has revealed the reason he invited the military to Orlu community in the State.
Orlu was in the news last week after residents of the community accused the state government of inviting the military to carry out an airstrike that was meant to kill them.
Speaking to country residence correspondents after a meeting with President Buhari today February 23, the governor said Orlu have become notorious for criminality after hoodlums hijacked the EndSARS protest.
“Well, the problem of bringing the army to Imo kingdom? You remember, at some point of the #EndSARS protests, a whole lot of residences have been broken in Imo kingdom, police stations were burnt down, squaddies had been killed, their rifles eliminated from them.
And immediately after the #EndSARS, we idea it was over. Then, problems of kidnapping, wherein you recognize, a Catholic bishop was kidnapped, who turned into killed. And those militants came out and began to shoot. We’ve lost lives, marketplace women had been killed, antique ladies had been raped in Orlu vicinity of Imo state and they visited this critical terror at the citizenry.
And then I came right here (presidential villa), pleaded with Mr. President for his guide and he despatched extra assist by means of sending in police and the military additionally got here in. And that is in which we're.
It changed into on my invitation that the military got here. And I did that due to the fact I know the situation turned into past the local association, we wanted assist. And the help turned into given to us.
And as I communicate to you the state of affairs has come down to everyday, humans are now going approximately their businesses. And those stuck will soon be charged to court. And all those military riffles from the navy, the police, AK forty seven, and so on, had been recovered with the aid of the humans that got here.
We are a central authority; it is our duty to shield lives. And even as we've the Nigerian Army, Nigerian police. We had protection demanding situations, we invited them to go to paintings” he stated.
Governor Uzodinma denied claims that he used the navy to terrorize residents of the nation.
“Well, I don’t recognize what you imply. I instructed you that our initial intelligence and the efforts to control the sporadic shootings in Orlu that brought about many dead, harmless ladies within the marketplace, people selling food foodstuffs dead by a collection of human beings that we were now not capable of perceive.
Preliminary intelligence reviewed in which they were in a bush. Our local police and local military went there and faced, were repelled.
So, we discovered that the humans had extreme fire strength. And that, of course, Nigeria, is a federation, Imo kingdom is a federating unit, and all around the world, you have got provincial police, you have federal police. So, there was a need for me to report situation and that I did and we had been supported to address the scenario
It is not about crushing each person and people that got here didn’t do any crushing. Those that came via their intelligence identified in which those human beings were and I can inform you, all the human beings arrested, all of the rifles recovered are intact. The human beings are beneath interrogation, now not even one, not even one soldier, or one of those militants died within the process.
I need to commend DCP Abba Kyari for a extraordinary process he did. So, allow each person politicize it. But I have a obligation to defend the lives of my human beings.”he stated.
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