The country home of Prof George Obiozor, the President-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, at Awo-Omanma in the Orlu East in Imo State has been burnt by currently unidentified attackers who threw explosive devices into the house as revealed in The CCTV cameras footage.
Prof George Obiozor, was away during the incident.
The police spokesperson in the state, Micheal Abattam, had yet to respond to an inquiry concerning the attack on Obiozor’s country home.
The attack on Obiozor’s country home came the same night the Umuguma Divisional Police Headquarters in the Owerri West LGA of the state was razed with two police constabularies killed and cars burnt.
Meanwhile, Senator Hope Uzodinma, the state governor, in a statement described the attack as cowardly and a height of desperation. Uzodinma vowed that the government was already working in concert with security agencies to identify and punish the perpetrators.
He bemoaned the incessant violent approach in settling political differences by some politicians in the state and warned that the government would no longer condone such banditry.
According to him, “the time of those who unleash this kind of mayhem in the state is over. We shall hunt them down to face the full weight of the law”.
Uzodinma wondered why the bandits should attack the home of a man who is not a politician but a statesman working for the good of the entire Igbo race. While commiserating with Prof Obiozor on the burning of his home, he assured Imo people that Government will continue to do all within its constitutional power to protect lives and property in the state.