Unknown Gunmen suspected to be members of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB have burned down a customary court in Njaba area of Imo state.
Sources in the community revealed that the gunmen shot sporadically for an hour before burning down the court.
A community leader, Remigiius Azike, said the incident took place when the villagers had gone to bed.
A former President-General of the community, John Agbaso, told our correspondent that the community is pained, especially coming just a week after the wife of the President-General of the community, Chijioke Duruonyeokwu, was killed and his house burnt by unknown people.
He called on the government to come to their rescue, adding that insecurity was on the increase in the area.
He said: “I was the one who built the police station and the magistrate Court and mobilised youths under the auspices of ‘Transformations Ambassadors of Atta Nwambieri’ to build the High Court.
“I did this so that our people will have access to government facilities.
“This is just one week they razed the house of our President-General and killed his wife.
“The government should come to our rescue.”
Police spokesperson in the state, Bala Elkana, when contacted, said that he had not been briefed of the incident.
