Ejiofor identified the community as Orsu-Ihiteukwa in the Orsu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
One of the lawyers of Nnamdi Kanu, the detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has described the alleged attack and burning down of a market and houses in a community in Imo, Southeast Nigeria, by the Nigerian Army and Ebubeagu security outfit as satanic and wicked.
Ejiofor identified the community as Orsu-Ihiteukwa in the Orsu Local Government Area (LGA) of the state.
The wreckage of the market and houses razed by the attackers could be seen in videos obtained by SaharaReporters.
It was gathered that the suspected soldiers and members of the state security outfit otherwise known as Ebubeagu invaded the community over the weekend and burnt the market and houses.
Ejiofor while reacting to the tragic incident in a statement on Sunday in Abuja slammed the state governor over the actions of the security agents, adding that there is no "justification under the law in Nigeria, as well as the international jurisprudence for the oppressive, barbaric, wicked and evil destruction of the lives and property of the people".
He called on the international community to prevail on the Nigerian Government to stop such crimes against humanity from being perpetrated under its domain.
The statement read, "It is heart-rending that at this period of economic downturn, the only available daily market in the community, where the downtrodden go to for communal trade, in search of their daily bread was completely razed to the ground, and homes burnt by these evil monsters acting on behalf of the state Government.
"Indigenes of the community were thrown into this unexpected horror, and out of fear, they have fled from their very own ancestral homes. Right now, Orsu-Ihiteukwa is a ghost town.
"We are asking the Governor of Imo state - could there be any justification, whatsoever, under any known law in Nigeria, as well as the international jurisprudence, that sanctioned this oppressive, barbaric, wicked, soulless and evil destruction of the lives and properties of his own people that he swore to protect?
"Was it an engagement strategy, envisaged, permitted and consequently, sanctioned within the Operational Rules of Engagement of the Nigerian Security Agents? The answer is capital NO.
"Furthermore, if the overzealous security agents are in hot chase of targeted criminal elements, can’t they profile and define their targets? Can this oppressive conduct occur in any other region or part of Nigeria?
"Remember, Governor Hope Uzodinma that power is transient, it does not last forever! You must not also forget that you will definitely give an account of your stewardship someday and one day, very certainly, before the International Criminal Court of Justice.
"These monumental atrocities, genocidal killing of innocent lives, destruction of properties, and obvious crimes against humanity, brazenly perpetrated and superintended under Governor Hope Uzodinma's watch with reckless abandon/impunity is extremely cruel and the evidence abound."