By Kenneth Onuoha
365Daily – Hoodlums have attacked the Federal High Court located in Abakaliki, burning some sections of the building.
Two security guards were also injured during the attack which was said to have occurred around 1am on Tuesday, 26, 2021.
The hoodlums who reportedly scaled the court perimeter fence to carry out the attacks, it was gathered, used petrol bomb to perpetrate the act.
The court’s library and the security post were badly torched.
Our correspondent who visited the Court on Tuesday morning sighted a detachment of policemen with three patrol vehicles stationed at strategic positions within the court area.
Efforts to gain access to the court premises failed, as the security guards said the Registrar instructed them not to allow non-staff into the court premises.
The State Police Spokesman, DSP Loveth Odah, confirmed the incident.
Odah said the hoodlums came in large number and set a section of the court ablaze.
She, however, said that fire fighters quickly intervened and quenched the fire.
“Yes, yesterday night, hoodlums came in their large number and set a section of the court ablaze, but fire fighters promptly came and quenched the fire, “she said.