Unknown gunmen has burnt an elderly woman to death at Amagu Ihube community in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State.
The woman was burnt as gunmen razed down several homes, including that of Emeka Okoronkwo, the Imo State commissioner for youths and sports.
The elderly woman was reportedly caught in country home of a retired Director of the Department of State Services, Emeka by the raging inferno.
Also burnt is the country home of Nnamdi Obiaraeri, the former Dean of the Law Faculty of the Imo State University, Owerri, who served as Commissioner for information, youth and sports and land and urban planning, respectively, during the administrations of former governors, Ikedi Ohakim and Rochas Okorocha.
Confirming the attack to the newsmen on Tuesday, The Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Henry Okoye, stated that the police had launched an investigation into the incident, adding that no arrest had yet been made.
