The residence of the Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, has been set on fire by unknown gunmen on Saturday, April 24.
1st News reports that the gunmen invaded Uzodinma’s residence in Omuma, Oru East Local Government Area on Saturday morning.
The gunmen reportedly killed two security personnel on duty.
It was gathered that vehicles parked at the compound and part of the building were also affected by the fire ignited by the attackers.
Confirming the incident, Declan Emelumba, the State’s Commissioner for Information and Strategy, said: “It is true, but the information is not still clear.”
“It’s not true that several security men lost their lives. About two security men on duty at the governor’s house were killed. NSCDC personnel were among the security men who lost their lives during the attack,” he said.
Meanwhile, Uzodinma, had accused politicians of funding banditry to run down the present administration.
Uzodinma made this allegation on Friday, April 23, while briefing reporters shortly after a closed-door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
The governor who condemned the recent attacks by armed bandits on communities, especially in the northern part of the country, challenged the security agencies to urgently reveal the names of their sponsors.
He also condemned the call for secession, stressing that criminals; particularly in Imo were a combination of individuals within and outside the state.
“What people are doing is to sponsor crisis to the extent that those funding banditry are politicians; and I challenge and call on the security agencies to make their names available to the press because what they want to do is to distract a government that is focused,” the governor said.
According to the governor, it was necessary for Nigerians to offer more support for the Federal Government to weed out sponsors of crisis and enemies of progress in the country.
