There is on-going campaign for rerun of the House of Representatives elections for Anaocha/Njikoka/Dunukofia federal constituency in the state between Mrs. Uche Ekwunife of APGA and Mr. Dozie Nwankwo of ACN.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu had ordered for rerun, following an appeal by Nwankwo of ACN who objected to the decision of the Anambra Election Petition Tribunal.
The two vehicles involved are a Mitsubishi L300 bus belonging to Anaocha local government chairman of ACN, Chief Raphael Egbobe, and a Peugeot pick up van parked in his compound at Ogbu-ifite village, Agulu.
Unknown gunmen had allegedly invaded the ACN chairman’s premises at night and set the vehicles ablaze before running away in their vehicle.
Egbobe, who spoke on the incident, said his children had told him that some strange men in a black Toyota Hilux Jeep invaded his compound and asked for his where about.
The men were said to have claimed that they had bags of rice and envelop to deliver to him.
He said he lost eleven cartons of wine and some personal effects, adding that when they learnt that he and his wife were not yet back, the men intensified their demand for them to open the gates which was rebuffed by his children.
“They left and came back at about 11pm, shooting sporadically into the air, before scaling the fence to set the vehicles ablaze after which they ran away.
“When the family raised an alarm calling for help to salvage the vehicles from the fire, the hoodlums came back shooting in all directions which made the neighbours to run for their lives,” Egbobe said.
Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, in the state, Mr. Emeka Chukwuemeka, who confirmed the incident yesterday, said an intense man-hunt had already begun to fish out those behind the act.
Following the incident, the PPRO said security had been beefed up in the area, adding that the incident had also necessitated that security be beefed up in the 11 local government areas in Anambra South senatorial zone where rerun election would also take place between Chief Chuma Nzeribe of APGA and Chief Andy Uba of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP..
He warned parents to put their children under control and go about their normal daily activities peacefully without fear of any molestation.
The police spokesman also warned that anyone who allowed himself to be used as a political thug would be dealt with accordingly.
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