By Harry Awurumibe, Editor Abuja Bureau
Gunmen has again wrecked havoc in Imo state as they razed down the country home of the Spokesman of the Conference of United Political Parties (CUPP), Barrister Ikenga Ugochinyere, on Saturday.
Comrade Ugochinyere hails from Umukegwu community in Akokwa, Ideato North Local Government Areas of Imo State.
Prompt News gathered from multiple sources that the entire compound of the outspoken Civil Rights Activist was completely burned down and several vehicles of different makes worth over a billion naira parked in the expansive compound razed.
According to many accounts including the audio report of Comrade Ugochinyere said
the hoodlums also killed his uncle while the attackers caused panic in the community.
Ugochinyere, who is a House of Representatives candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for Ideato Federal Constituency in the 2023 polls first raised the alarm of the attack in a “Save Our Soul message”.
The Save Our Soul message, titled: “EMERGENCY ALERT!,” was backed with several videos and photographs of the scene of attack.
The SOS message said: “This is to notify the general public that this may be my last acts as a human as my house in Umukegwu Akokwa is under heavy attack currently.
“As I pen this, all the cars in my house have been set ablaze and there is heavy shooting for the past 25 mins.
“Painfully, as I speak to you, I saw them kill my father’s younger brother, Uncle Dan.
“I pray and call for urgent help from anybody who can help.
“The attackers are shooting at every one in the house and this is an urgent cry for help.”
Prompt News reports this is not the first time Ikenga Ugochinyere, who has become a torn in the flesh of the All Progressives Congress (APC) administration in Imo State led by Governor Hope Uzodimma, would be a victim of attack.
In December 2022, his convoy was attacked, with the lawyer alleging that the Imo State government was responsible for the assault.
