By Emmanuel Chigbata, Student Staff Reporter
NNEWI — Nnewi South Local Government Area Headquarters located at Ukpor in Anambra State, was early Thursday morning, reportedly attacked by hoodlums suspected to be unknown gunmen.
According to a reliable source who pleaded anonymity, the hoodlums broke into the Local Government Headquarter at about 1 am last night and launched a very destructive attack thereon.
It was alleged that the gunmen, in the course of the attack, set ablaze some buildings and offices situated in the Headquarters.
The source further revealed that the Gunmen also shot dead a security guard who was on night duty there, before they eventually fled, with the fire still raging on the buildings.
He opined that the Gunmen’s invasion of the Local Government Headquarters may have been orchestrated by the presence of soldiers, whom he alleged, had been patrolling in the community and other neighbouring communities for some days now, and after which they would retire to the headquarters at night, probably to rest for the night or secure it.
He also said the soldiers started patrolling in the community after they invaded the hideout of the Unknown Gunmen in Orsumoghu, Ihiala Local Government Area of the state, which is a neighbouring community with Ukpor
Recall that troops of the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, on Monday, successfully attacked and sacked unknown gunmen from their hideout situated in Orsumoghu, and during which they recovered assorted charms, guns, coffin, phones, computers, matchets, and a Hilux van.
Before the invasion, the gunmen had been terrorizing the area and communities in Nnewi South, where they recently went from house to house to attack and disarm security men. There had, however, been a brief pause in their attack and disarming mission, until this recent attack on the Local Government Headquarters.
On his own part, when contacted, the State’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Ikenga Tochukwu said he had been informed of the attack, but noted that the information was still sketchy at the moment.
He said, “I don’t have full information about the incident now, but I am aware there was a reported case of arson in Nnewi South early this morning. The information is still sketchy.
“Our operatives are currently there. The fire service has also been contacted. So, they have cordoned off the area, and operation is still ongoing, to ensure that the fire does not escalate to other buildings. This is all I can tell you for now. If there are further details, I’ll also communicate that to you.”
Meanwhile, the Anambra State Governor, Professor Charles Soludo this morning visited the scene saying” that the mindless bloodletting and destruction of infrastructure does not define who we are”.
“As I looked at what is left of the rubbles, I asked myself ‘in all this, who loses? Structures built from taxes paid by the genuinely hardworking men and women on the streets are ruined for reasons that are incomprehensible to sane minds. The resources that should have been deployed to provide more for struggling taxpayers would now be channeled into reconstructing these destroyed buildings,” he lamented.
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