Hoodlums again have set ablaze the Orlu High Court complex in Imo state.

The latest development came at a time the concerned people of the state are morning the assassination of the Labour Party (LP) House of Assembly candidate for Onuimo state constituency Mr. Christopher Eleghu in the state.

Killers of Eleghu were said to have also set his house on fire after he was murdered and left in the pool of his blood on Thursday night.

Market razed by fire, goods destroyed in Onitsha

Residents of Imo are yet to come out of the shock of the few days attack on the INEC headquarters in Owerri the state capital.

It was learnt that the complex housing both the Magistrate Court and the High Court as well as all the files got burnt.

O e of the Judiciary workers who her name as Mrs Igwe condemned the action, pointing out that the incidence automatically has crippled legal practice in Orlu as the lawyers would have no court to do their matters.

Efforts to speak with the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) CSP Michael Abatta and Commissioner for Information, Mr. Declan Emelumba on the incident on Saturday failed they could answer calls by this Correspondent  to their phone