Again, thugs attack LP members in Ebonyi

Barely three days after suspected thugs attacked members of
Labour Party (LP) in Ikwo and Ezza South local government
areas in Ebonyi State, some members of the party have come
under attack again in Ohaozara Local Government Area of the
state.
The thugs, numbering over 40, allegedly working for a political
party, ambushed the LP members, who were canvassing for
votes in the area, attacked them, injuring one person and
setting ablaze their Toyota bus.
The hoodlums also invaded the official residence of the
Caretaker Chairman of Ohaozara Council Area, smashed
vehicles, carted away valuables and destroyed other property
worth about N5 million.
The Caretaker Chairman of Ohaozara Council Area, Mr. Chaka
Nweze, while briefing newsmen in Abakaliki yesterday, said
when he got the information about the attack, he called the
state Police Commissioner, who immediately sent his men to
the place, who arrested six boys allegedly involved in the
attack.
According to Nweze: “Our boys who went to canvass for votes
with a bus, were coming back to the town when they were
waylaid. The thugs shot the four tyres of the vehicle. There
were only three people in the bus and they almost killed the
driver of the bus. The driver was racing to the police station
but because of deflated tyres he could not continue. The LP
members had to come down from the vehicle since the tyres
were deflated and for their lives. The boys, numbering about
40, came in about five branded buses and the particular boy
that shot at the bus was known. He brought out a pistol and
shot at the tank of the bus.
“An witness, who is an ‘Akara’ seller, saw the boy when he
shot at the tank of the bus and they used the firewood from
the Akara seller to ignite and burn the brand new bus.
Immediately they set the bus ablaze, the thugs moved to my
official residence and made away with a lot of things.
“They smashed two vehicles parked in my residence, destroyed
two televisions, gas cooker, generating set, refrigerator,
assorted wines, about 300 plastic chairs, made away with
goats and rams in the premises and other valuables were
destroyed. What they destroyed and carted away was
estimated at about N5 million.