JUST IN: GUNMEN KIDNAP IMO LGA BOSS AND BURN DOWN HIS HOUSE

Gunmen kidnapped Chris Ohizu, the sole administrator of Imo State’s Ideato North Local Government Area, and two others in the early hours of Friday.

This was after his attackers destroyed his country home in the Imoko community of Arondizuogu.

According to a source, the council boss was shot before being kidnapped along with two others by their assailants.

“The sole administrator of Ideato North was kidnapped last night along with two others after burning his house at Imoko community in Arondizuogu,” the source said. Before taking him away, they shot him in the leg. This is a man who recently returned from the hospital. “I’m devastated right now.”

Another source who confirmed the development lamented the recent spate of insecurity in the area.

“The house of Ideato North SOLAD was burned down, and he was kidnapped with a bullet wound on his leg, as I heard,” he explained.

“I have been making this report since last year and early this year till now no single presence of the police anywhere in Arondizuogu and no single arrest. “We are now at God’s mercy.”

This came less than a week after the country home of the Coalition of United Political Parties’ spokesperson, Ugochinyere Imo, was attacked in Akokwa, Ideato North LGA, killing three people and destroying 33 vehicles.

“We believe Mailantarki is a better replacement for Gombe. He possesses the necessary character and capacity to free Gombe State from the APC’s misrule. “He’s always said the right things and done the right things in the past,” he said.