4 confirmed dead after hoodlums set residents on fire in Delta State

-Hoodlums operate b y setting homes on fire while residents are asleep

4 die after hoodlums set residents on fire in Delta State

No fewer than four people have been reported dead, following the attack by suspected arsonists in Ogwashi-Uku in Aniocha South Local Government Area of Delta State.

The assailants were said to have attacked residents with petrol.

Fear has permeated the Polytechnic community since the unfortunate attack occurred early November, Daily Sun reports.

The hoodlums have been said to prey on residents by throwing fuel into their homes of families and setting them on fire while the unsuspecting victims are asleep at night.

One of the surviving victims of such attack, Sidney Nwaiga, who is a warder at the Federal Prisons, Ogwashi-Uku, reportedly claimed that the arsonists threw petrol into the room where two of his kids slept at his Ubulu-Uno Road residence.

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Nwaiga, who is also a pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God, was said to have suffered severe burns while attempting to rescue his children from the inferno.

The children, it was further gathered, later died while their father was rushed to the Nnamdi Azikiwe Teaching Hospital, Nnewi, Anambra State for treatment.

In a similar development, a woman reportedly lost her two children in Isah Road area of the ancient town, even though details of the incident were not clear as at press time.

This was even as a female polytechnic student got severe burns when an unknown person threw a petrol bomb into her room.

While it is not certain who could be responsible for the attack on the female student, a source at Ogwashi-Uku police station informed Daily Sun that operatives are on the trail of the victim’s boyfriend who allegedly had a misunderstanding with her, few days before the incident.

Sympathising with the victims, Public Relations Officer of the state police command, DSP Andrew Aniamaka, said although the cases were not reported, the police have intensified “investigation to curb further occurrences.”