A week after the wanton destruction, burning and looting of a traditional market in Orsu Ihitteukwa of Orsu LGA, in Imo State, known as Eke Ututu, few of the soldiers involved are said to be missing.
It would be recalled that suspected soldiers numbering about 200 and fully armed with assault weapons, on Easter Sunday took over the Eke Ututu market.
According to accounts available to Trumpeta newspapers, armed with armoured carriers, the troops aside from looting the shops on the said Easter Sunday went further to set on fire the popular market which was of international standard.
However, while the operation was going on by the troops drawn from the 34 Field Artillery Brigade, Obinze, near Owerri,few of the soldiers who are from Igbo speaking states, expressed displeasure over the activities of the troop during the invasion of the market. According to credible sources within the Army fold, two of the soldiers not only refused to engage in the burning and looting but complained that such acts were unfair to the people.
Oblivious of the fact that they were being watched and monitored, the attitude and statements of the two soldiers who disliked the Eke Ututu market mayhem were reported to their superiors who began withchunt for them.
While one was said to have been eliminated as his presence ceased to exist within the Obinze barracks and in their Army units, the other wanted one on sensing danger went underground to escape being killed before a manhunt for him was seriously launched.
As at the time of this report, his whereabouts and location are unknown even as serious manhunt to get him eliminated is on going. But there is suspicion that to escape being apprehended and killed like his other colleague, the surviving soldier may have escaped beyond the borders of Nigeria for safety.
