Reports filtering in just now says gunmen have razed the country home of the traditional ruler of Ndianiche Arondizuogu community in the Ideato North Local Government Area of Imo State, Eze Kanu Ikenolu.
Information gathered by Igbere TV has it that the development has caused panic in the community as villagers including the household of the monarch fled into bushes.
It was said that on arrival, the attackers threw explosives into the mansion which led to the burning of the house, the properties in it and vehicles parked at the compound even as the compound which houses the traditional ruler’s home and his palace were heavily attacked by the invaders.
A villager who doesn’t want to be mentioned told our reporter that properties worth millions of Naira were destroyed by the arsonists just as he decried the police’s inability to intervene as they were told as the arsonists struck.
The spokesperson for the police in the state Henry Okoye who confirmed the arson to our correspondent said frantic investigating efforts are on top gear to arrest the arsonists and bring them to justice.
