Gunmen, on Thursday, reportedly set ablaze the home of Ford Ozumba, commissioner for labour, employment and productivity in Imo state.
The attack was said to have occurred in the commissionerโs hometown in Umuhu-Okabia community,ย Orsu LGAย of the state.
The attackers reportedly threw petrol bombs into the compound.
Confirming the incident on Friday, Ford said the attack recorded no casualty as there was nobody in the house at the time of the incident.
โWe were all in Owerri only to learn this morning that my family house had been burnt down,โ he said.
โI was told that the attackers wreaked the havoc in the dead of the night. They threw petrol bombs into the compound.
โWhat a sad day. My family compound in my village has been razed down by hoodlums last night.โ
The incident is the latest in a battery of attacks targeted at the homes of government officials and residents in the state.
Earlier in March,ย the house of George Obiozor, president-general ofย Ohanaeze Ndigbo worldwide, was set ablaze byย gunmenย in Imo.
In April 2021, the country home of Hope Uzodimma, governor of Imo, was attacked, with a section of the building razed, while two security guards were killed.
Weeks after the attack on Uzodimmaโs house, the home ofย Declan Emelumba, Imo commissioner for information and strategy, wasย set ablazeย when gunmen invaded the compound inย Ubulu-Ihejiofor,ย Oru Westย LGA of the state.
