Suspected gunmen have reportedly attacked a community in Imo State on Tuesday morning and burnt an old woman alive.
It was learnt that the assailants suspected to be militants, stormed the Amagu Ihube community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of the state today and started attacking homes, setting properties ablaze.
Among the houses burnt were the homes of the Imo State commissioner for youths and sports, Emeka Okoronkwo.
It was gathered that the gunmen also attacked the home of a former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Imo State University, Owerri, Nnamdi Obiaraeri.
Reports indicate that the house of Obiaraeri, who served as Commissioner for information, youth and sports and land and urban planning, respectively, during the administrations of former governors of the state, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha, was set ablaze.
The attackers also reportedly attacked the residence of a retired Director of the Department of Security Service, Emeka Ngwu. It was revealed that the elderly woman was in Ngwu’s house when the raging inferno caught her.
Okoronkwo confirmed the sad development to reporters on Tuesday, noting that security operatives have been informed of the situation.