Human Rights advocates, International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law (Intersociety) and the Civil Liberties Organization ( CLO) have commenced detailed investigations into last week’s reported invasion and house burnings  at Imezi-Owa Community in Ezeagu Local Government Area of Enugu State.

There have been certain reactions trailing the actions since it was carried out.

A statement jointly issued by the leaders of Intersociety, Emeka Umeagbalasi and CLO in the southeast, Aloysius Attah, said having carefully  studied the official statements of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu, independent reports as well as the verified videos and photos shared on social media, a six-man team of field investigators from the Organisations had been despatched to Ezeagu since Tuesday, May 12, on fact finding.

“The involvement of the Eastern Security Network in the incident is also under investigation. Our field investigators are also directed to locate the houses burnt or razed and identities of their owners, why they were razed, who razed them, where and when they were razed.

“We are also generally investigating the remote and immediate causes of such invasion and house burnings including possibility of Jihadist Fulani Herdsmen instigation and involvement”, the statement added.