The burnt palace
BY SUNNY A. DAVID
Two children, aged eleven and nine, and 97-year-old mother of the traditional ruler of Ifitedunu in Council Area of An Dunukofia Anambra State, Mrs. Beatrice Iluno, escaped death when suspected arsonists, at about eleven o’clock on the night of Sunday, attacked the Palace of Igwe Chukwumeka Iluno.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, Dr. Iluno said though no persons are being suspected, the attack was an abomination, an attack on Ifitedunu Community, as several artifacts and historical documents of the Community were burnt to ashes.
He added that personal properties running into millions of naira were affected, even as he confirmed existence of leadership crisis that has lasted in the Community for some years now.
The President General of the Community, Mr. Uchenna Nwoye, among other persons who were in the palace to sympathize with the Traditional ruler, called for immediate investigation into the incident, with a view to bringing perpetrators to book.
The injured were receiving treatment at a hospital in the Community.
