ENUGU, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA)- Unknown gunmen in the early hours of Tuesday burnt the country home of Emeka Okoronkwo, the Imo State Commissioner for Youths and Sports.
It was learnt that the incident happened at Amagu Ihube community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of the State.
The hoodlums also burnt is the country home of a former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Imo State University, Owerri, Nnamdi Obiaraeri.
Obiaraeri served as commissioner for information, youth and sports and land and urban planning, respectively during the administrations of former Governors of the State, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha.
Also, the country home of a retired Director of Department of Security Service, Emeka Ngwu, was burnt.
Houses belonging to two other prominent sons in the area was also set ablaze by the gunmen.
The Punch reports that an old woman who was in Ngwu’s house was caught in the fire and died.
Okoronkwo also confirmed the burning of his house to the Punch.
Confirming the incident also, the spokesperson for the police in the state, Henry Okoye, said investigation had begun with the view of arresting the fleeing suspects.
Ihube had recently become the hotbed of criminal activities, even as the country homes of the Labour Party candidate for Okigwe LGA, Nnaemeka Obiaraeri and the Labour Party House of Representatives candidate, Okey Unam, were burnt.