Imo commissioner Ford Ozumba’s house bombed

Hope Uzodimma

The home of Imo State commissioner for labour, employment and productivity Ford Ozumba has been attacked.

A bomb went off early Friday in the house located at Umuhu Okabia Community in Orsu Local Government Area.

Ozumba told reporters that “there was nobody in the house at the time of the attack.”

The commissioner said that he was informed that the attackers threw a petrol bomb into the compound and burnt the house.

He said “We were all in Owerri only to learn this morning that my family house had been burnt down. I was told that the attackers wreaked havoc in the dead of the night. They threw a petrol bomb into the compound.

“What a sad day. My family compound in my village has been razed down by hoodlums last night.”

Ozumba is the third commissioner in the cabinet of Governor Hope Uzodimma to have his home attacked and burnt by gunmen.

The homes of the attorney general and commissioner for justice, Cyprian Akaolisa, and commissioner for information and strategy Declan Emelumba were burnt in 2021.