The Imo State Police Command has cleared the air on what happened at the Governor Hope Uzodinma’s residence at his country home in the early hours of today.
Speaking on the ugly development, the police command said three security operatives lost their lives during the incident.
According to the spokesman of the police in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, a police sergeant and two personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps were the casualties.
Ikeokwu explained that while the gunmen killed one NSCDC operative in the governor’s compound, another NSCDC personnel and a police sergeant were killed by the attackers while escaping from the compound.
He said that the police sergeant and the NSCDC personnel were killed by the fleeing hoodlums at Mgbidi- Oguta junction.
Ikeokwu also said two cars parked at the governor’s compound in Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state were burnt during the attack.
The Police Spokesperson disclosed that the invaders threw petrol bombs inside the governor’s compound.
Ikeokwu 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.”Punch quoted Ikeokwu to have said.
The attack on the govenor’s residence came hours after he met with President Buhari in the Presidential Villa, yesterday, to discuss the security situation in the state and the entire South-East.
While addressing newsmen after the meeting, the governor said politicians are sponsoring the insecurity plaguing the country.
He said their purpose was to sabotage the efforts of the Buhari administration.
He urged security agencies to reveal the identities of politicians sponsoring miscreants to perpetrate insecurity by releasing their names to the media for publication.
