Soldiers behaved like bandits in Enugu, probe them – HURIWA to COAS, Ugwuanyi
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has called on the Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lieutenant General Yahaya Faruk, to probe the invasion of the Mgbowo community by soldiers.
A video had emerged online of soldiers shooting sporadically within the Mgbowo community in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
Reacting to the outcry that followed the video, the Nigeria Army 82 Division Enugu said the soldiers invaded the community over suspicion that it’s a camp for the Indigenous People of Biafra/Eastern Security Network (IPOB/ESN) members.
However, HURIWA said the explanation by the Nigerian Army was an attempt to sweep the matter under the carpet.
A statement by the rights group National Coordinator, Emmanuel Onwubiko, lamented that the soldiers involved in the shooting behaved like “armed bandits and unknown gunmen.”
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