The Imo State Secretariat of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was on Friday, set ablaze by suspected hoodlums.
The office had been earlier vandalized last Saturday by rampaging thugs during the botched ward congress.
The party has been embroiled in controversy over the hijacking of the sensitive materials meant for the Ward Congresses by the Congress Committee Chairman, Mr. Ini Okorie, who went into hiding.
Though the fire did not affect the external parts of the building but the inside was engulfed in the inferno.
When our correspondentvisited the Secretariat located at the Imo state University, no member of staff was seen for possible interaction.
When our correspondentvisited the Secretariat located at the Imo state University, no member of staff was seen for possible interaction.
It was gathered that secretarial equipments,including files and documents were destroyed .
No fire fighter was seen or ground neither did anybody make effort to remedy the development.
When contacted ,the state party Chairman, Hilary Eke,who confirmed the incident.
He said that the unidentified hoodlums attacked the Secretariat at about 6.30pm.
According to him, “I have already 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.”
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