Gunmen set ablaze the High Court building in Imo.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the Imo State High Court building in Orlu on Saturday was reportedly set on fire by gunmen.
This online media platform learnt that the attack on the court property led to the destruction of sensitive documents.
The attack on the Imo State High Court is coming days after gunmen invaded the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri.
Police, in their reaction to the attack on the INEC facility, had blamed members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for carrying out the attack.
The complex, which was attacked by the gunmen on Saturday, is housing both the high court and a magistrates’ court.
A staff member of the judiciary who spoke to Daily Trust on condition of anonymity said all the files in the building were burnt.
The Orlu high court is close to a security checkpoint as well as the police divisional headquarters. The High Court was also set on fire by unknown gunmen in 2018.
The Orlu Branch Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association, Barnabas Munonye, while confirming the attack described it as unfortunate.
According to Munonye, his attention was drawn to the incident by the administrative secretary of the association early Saturday morning.
The spokesman of the Imo State Police Command, Mike Abattam, while speaking on the incident, said the police had launched an investigation into the incident.
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