Heavily armed hoodlums on Wednesday abducted the wife of the royal father of the Amuro autonomous community in the Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State, Ugoeze Umugborogu.

After abducting the monarch’s wife, the rampaging gunmen also burnt the country homes of the chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Labour Party in Amuro ward.

It was gathered that due to the incident, the residents have started fleeing homes and moving out of the community.

A source, who did not want to be mentioned, told our correspondent that after the gunmen immediately kidnapped the monarch’s wife, they also set ablaze the houses of some party stalwarts.

The source said: ‘’Ugoeze Umugborogu, the wife of the late king of the Amuro autonomous community has been kidnapped. After kidnapping the woman, they went to the house of the Labour Party chairman in Amuro ward, Ifediora Umegboroagu and razed it down. The man and his family were away when they attacked the house.

“They equally razed the house of the APC chairman in the ward. This is going out of hand. The government should come to our rescue.”

Okigwe Local Government Area has in the last few months become a hotbed for criminal activities.

Last Tuesday, some gunmen razed five houses in the Amagu Ihube community in Okigwe LGA, which included the residences of Commissioner for Youths and Sports Emeka Okoronkwo; a former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Imo State University Nnamdi Obiaraeri; a retired Director of State Security Service, Nnaemeka Ngwu and two others.

Also last week, some hoodlums razed the country homes of the Labour Party House of Assembly candidate for Okigwe LGA, Nnaemeka Obiaraeri and that of the Director General of the candidate of the Labour Party Okigwe North House of Representatives election, Okey Unam.

Imo Police spokesperson, Henry Okoye, confirmed the incident, saying the Command was on top of the situation and investigation ongoing to fish out the perpetrators of the dreadful act. (The Nation)

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