Reports reaching us from Anambra state has it that unknown hoodlums set ablaze the Idemili North Local Government Area secretariatin the early hours of Monday.The inferno was said to have consumed the Magistrate Court inside the premises and the office of the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC).

Men of security formations and residents intervened just in time to contain the fire which was targeted at razing the entire premises, although Parts of the secretariat building and the operational vehicles parked on the premises, however, were completely destroyed.

The Police in the state confirmed but said there was no human casualty. “Yes, there was an attack at the council secretariat in the early hours of Monday and our men were quickly drafted to the scene,” State Police Public Relations Officer, Toochukwu Ikenga, said. “Right now, the fire has been put off, and calm restored.”