Police in Imo have debunked report of alleged attack on the Imo State House of Assembly.
In a statement on Sunday night, the Command’s spokesman Orlando Ikeokwu said the building alleged to be raging in fire in a viral video was not the assembly.
According to him, the building was neither the assembly nor any building in Imo.
He also confirmed the robbery attack on motorists in Orji area of Owerri on Sunday which left four persons with bullet injuries.
Mr Orlando said the victims of the attack had been taken to the Federal Medical Center, Owerri for treatment.
The robbery attack took place near the Orji divisional police headquarters on Owerri-Okigwe Road around 10.30pm.
It was learnt that the hoodlums, who were trailing an unmarked security vehicle, double-crossed it at Orji and opened fire on the driver.
Eyewitness account said the gunmen also robbed other motorists and commuters in commercial vehicles at the same spot.
The eyewitness further said the robbers shot sporadically after the operation to scare away people, before making their escape.
“It was during the sporadic shooting that three more persons around area were hit by bullet,” the eyewitness said on the condition of anonymity.
The incident came barely one day after the attack on Governor Hope Uzodimma’s country home in Omuma area of Imo.
