BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen attack Aguata Council Headquarters [VIDEO]

Aguata Local Government Area (LGA) secretariat headquarters in Anambra State was on Thursday afternoon set ablaze by some unknown gunmen.

POLITICS NIGERIA reports that Aguata LGA is the LGA of the governor of Anambra State, Chukwuma Charles Soludo.

A vehicle was also set on fire in front of the council’s secretariat.

Shop owners and commuters scampered for safety for fear of being attacked by the gunmen.

Heavy gunshots were heard from the around the Secretariat’s complex, as no motorists can be seen going through the busy Orlu road, in Ekwulobia, Aguata LGA.

There were no firefighters in sight as of the time of publishing this report.

Watch the video here.

Today’s attack in Anambra is the latest violence in the southeast region where separatist violence is on the rise.

The region has seen a surge in bloodshed, with more than 130 police and other security personnel killed by gunmen since 2021, according to local media tallies.

Authorities have blamed attacks on either the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) movement, which is campaigning for a separate state for the ethnic Igbo people, or its armed wing, the Eastern Security Network (ESN).

The group has denied responsibility for the violence.