Imo: Again, Gunmen Invades  Ideato ; Shoot, Kidnap LG Chairman, Raze His Country Home

By Charles Igbo

Less than one week after violence, tears, arson and death visited Akokwa,  Ideato North Local Government Area, the embattled LGA, in the uncivilized hours of Friday witnessed another such incident.

Gunmen stormed the Country home of the Interim LGA Chairman of Ideato North, Chris Ohizu with violence and arson and abduction.

Ohizu, who was shot on the leg before he was violently thrown into one of the gunmen’s vehicles, along with two others, also had his Country home razed down at Imoko Community, Arondizogu.

It is not known, yet, the relationship between the abducted Chairman and those abducted with him, but they were in the same house when they were abducted.

There are fears over the fate of the Chairman. A source revealed that he had just been discharged from a hospital due to ill-health before he was abducted.

A few days ago, gunmen invaded the home of Ikenga Ugochinyere Imo, the PDP House of Representatives candidate for Ideato North and South LGA, killed three people, including his uncle, razed down his house and, at least, 20 vehicles.

There are allegations and counter allegations over who were responsible. While the PDP points accusing fingers at Nze Chnasa Nwaneri, an Aide to Governor Hope Uzodinma, the State Government alleges it is the handiwork of Ugochinyere’s militant-colleagues, with whom he had agreed there would be no election in the South-east, only for him to do an about-turn to run for the membership of the House of Representatives.

The Police are still investigating the attack on Ugochinyere. It has not yet issued a statement on Friday’s attack and abduction of tye LGA Chairman, a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.