Gunmen kidnap Imo LGA boss, burn house

Gunmen kidnap Imo LGA boss, burn house

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Gunmen in the early hours of Friday kidnapped the Sole Administrator of the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Chris Ohizu, and two others.

This was after his country home in the Imoko community in Arondizuogu was razed by his attackers.

A source told our correspondent that the council boss was shot before he was whisked away with two others by their attackers.

The source said, “The Sole Administrator of Ideato North was kidnapped last night together with two others after burning his house at Imoko community in Arondizuogu. They shot him on the leg before taking him away. This is a man who came back from a hospital recently. I am devastated now.”

Another source who confirmed the development decried the spate of insecurity going on in the area.

He said, “The house of Ideato North SOLAD was burnt down and he was kidnapped with a bullet wound on his leg as I heard.

“I have been making…

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