Gunmen Set DSS, FRSC Offices, Joe Igbokwe’s House Ablaze In Anambra

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Gunmen Set DSS, FRSC Offices, Joe Igbokwe’s House Ablaze In Anambra

…2 feared dead

Unknown gunmen, Sunday, set ablaze the offices of the Directorate of State Service (DSS) and Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Nnewi, Anambra State, leaving two people dead on their trail.

Also set ablaze was the country home of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Mr. Joe Igbokwe who is based in Lagos.

Identities of the victims have not been known, although it was gathered that the casualties might have been hit by stray bullets during firing by the gunmen.

According to an eyewitness, the gunmen drove from Owerri Road in the industrial town in four Sports Utility Vehicles (SUVs) and stopped at Emecourt Road Junction where they fired gunshots, which made those in the vicinity to scamper for safety before they headed to the nearby DSS and FRSC offices and set them ablaze.

He said: “They later drove through Nkwo Nnewi Triangle roundabout and moved towards Nnobi road.