The country home of Peoples Democratic Party candidate for Imo State House of Assembly, Ifeanyi Ozoemena, has been torch by gunmen.
The candidate who confirmed the arson said that his house and that of his father in Okigwe Local Government Area of the state were razed by the gunmen.
He said, āMy house and that of my father at Umuokparaoha village in Umulolo community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State were razed on Tuesday. They struck around 2pm, set the houses on fire and supervised the burning. The two houses and the properties got destroyed in the attack. They operated unchallenged. I am distraught. This is unfortunate.
āI call on the commissioner of police to intervene. I am grateful that no life was lost. My aged parents were not around when they struck.ā
It was learnt that the attackers threw explosives at the houses and the property caught fire immediately.
Violence has been on the rise in Okigwe LGA 2022, thus forcing many of the indigenes to flee their homes.
The home of the Labour Party candidate in the same Okigwe LGA for the state house of Assembly, Nnaemeka Obiaraeri, had earlier been razed too.
