Not less than three security operatives were killed during Saturday’s attack on the country home of Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma.
This was confirmed by the Police Spokesperson in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu in Owerri, the state capital, on Saturday.
Ikeokwu disclosed that the slained officers included a police sergeant and two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were the casualties.
The PUNCH reported that the assailants who invaded the residence were equipped with petrol bombs leading to the fire outbreak in Uzodinma’s compound.
Speaking further, the police spokesperson noted that two cars parked at the governor’s compound in Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state were razed in the process.
He said, “I can confirm the attack on the governor’s house. The hoodlums attacked the governor’s house by throwing in petrol bomb as a result of which two cars were burnt but they were successfully repelled and none of the building was set ablaze.
“However, one unarmed personnel of the NSCDC was killed in the process. The hoodlums while escaping also killed a Police Sergeant and another NSCDC personnel both in their private vehicles at Mgbidi junction.”
