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BREAKING: Hoodlums set Imo APC secretariat ablaze

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7 years ago

May 11, 2018

The political tension in the Imo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress deepened on Friday when unidentified hoodlums set the party secretariat on fire .
Though the fire didn ’ t affect the external parts of the building , the internal parts were engulfed in inferno .

Our correspondent who visited the secretariat located at the Imo State University junction in Owerri around 6 : 30 pm amidst downpour , saw the secretariat engulfed in smoke .

Though no member of staff was sighted, people watched from afar as the smoke surged .

Our correspondent learnt that secretarial equipment , including files and documents , were destroyed.

No firefighter was seen on ground , neither did anybody make efforts to fight the fire .

When contacted , the state party chairman , Hilary Eke, who confirmed the development , accused those who he said attacked the party state office last weekend .

Eke, who said that the unidentified hoodlums attacked the secretariat “ just to frustrate the Local Government Areas congress of the party on Saturday ” , vowed that the exercise must go on .

He insisted that the contentious ward congress of the party was successful , urging those “ who lost during the last weekend exercise to give peace a chance . ”

“ I have been in a meeting ahead of the LGA congress of the party in Imo State.

“ Those who attacked the secretariat the other Saturday are likely to be the same people who set it on fire on Friday ( today ) .

“ Despite the provocation , the LGA congress must go on on Saturday .

“ We have already elected five – man per ward during the ward congress . The congress does not take place at party sSecretariat , it will take place in the 27 LGAs of the state on Saturday .

“ I petitioned the Inspector General of Police over the attack on the Secretariat the other Saturday .

“ My duty is to report to the Police and the Police have the duty to investigate .

“ So , members of staff identified those who attacked it . “