The camps of the Eastern Security Network,ESN, in Orlu, Imo State, have been burnt down by military operatives.
The camps were situated in some parts of the forest Umunna in Orlu and Orsu Local Government Areas of the state.
It is reported that the military launched the attacks on hearing that the members of the ESN had set up a base in the forest from where they would execute their operations.
An anonymous source revealed that the military first visited the camp of the ESN in Umunna in Orlu Local Government Area, but before they got there the ESN operatives had got the information and relocated.
The military are reported to have also visited another camp but they did not see anybody. So the military reportedly destroyed the camps in an operation that did not record any loss of life.
Residents of the affected areas said that the military started with a show of force.
One of the villagers said ; “On Tuesday we saw over 30 trucks of military vehicle moving in their convoy moving in and out of Orlu in search of the members of the Eastern Security Network, they kept searching for them throughout Wednesday and on Thursday they discovered their camps and they started destroying them.
“The first day they even used a helicopter to hover around the forest locating the camps of the Eastern security Network. “The truth is that villages close to the forest are living in fears as the sound of guns have made them even run inside their houses, and some of them abandoned their homes out of fear of being hit by a stray bullets.”