Irate youth on rampage in Anambra, set widow’s restaurant ablaze

ONITSHA — Youths numbering about 50, yesterday, allegedly set ablaze a restaurant belonging to a widow, Mrs. Nwakaego Okafor at Ogboza Ububa village, Nkpor, Idemili North Local Governent Area of Anambra State. Allegedly chanting war songs and asking for the owner of the restaurant to explain why she was allegedly opposed to the continued leadership of one Chief Raphael Nnabuife, as the acting President-General of Nkpor Development Union, NDU caretaker committee, which was appointed by the state government many years, the youths set the place on fire.

 

It was gathered that when the owner of the restaurant failed to show up, the youths got infuriated and torched the restaurant. It was gathered that the action of the youths was sequel to a long standing dispute over the control of the NDU leadership. It was also learned that there had been attacks and counter attacks between the supporters of Nwabuife and the opposition.

 

Addressing newsmen, Mrs. Okafor said she was able to identify about seven members of the gang from where she hid when the youths swooped on her restaurant. She expressed regret over what she described as an unprovoked attack on her restaurant, adding that she lost more than N2 million as a result of the attack.