 And the Imo State government says the attack on the country home of Governor Hopu Zadimah at the early hours of today in Amunma community in Oru East, local government area of the state, is politically motivated. Plus TV Africa spoke to some residents in the area. The truth of the matter is that people are scared and people are running away. So all of a sudden we saw so many people that they were with vehicles and tipper and also people are running away. So the next thing they drove in hopes and they used those tipper to hit the gates and to come in there. So that is what really happened. They said people came to our governor's house to bond on this house. So I have to take cover. So after every on my way coming, coming back to my house because I live, this is my house. So I was coming back and there I saw some government they surrendered me and with my brother and other people we are together and collect our funds and said they are coming back. I am appealing to the federal government to put more tight in security to make sure that all these hoodlums are tracked down because you see from back where to even the last governor. We don't see this half of it. Meanwhile the commissioner for information and strategy Declan Imelumba. More briefing newsman says the attack was successfully repelled by security operatives even though one person was killed in the process. Even though the identities of the hoodlums has not been revealed, the state government is pointing accused fingers at desperate politicians who had earlier promised to make the state ungovernable. Some group of hoodlums attempted to attack the residents, the country home of His Excellency the single sonnet of Opus Adumai Nomoma. They attempted to attack it and probably with the aim of raising it down. But fortunately very gallant security operatives attached to the governor's house were able to repel the attempt. And so they did not succeed in the process you know gunfire ensued and at least the security operatives were able to reasonably control the damage they wanted to cause. So the most important thing is that it was a foiled attempt to attack the governor's house. If we go to Umma now we see that the governor's resident is standing, famed and intact. So the attempt was repelled by gallant security operatives. Yeah there is I think one casualty you know naturally when you repel an attack you know when there is an exchange of gunfire anything can happen that's the only way you can repel an attack. So I think there is one casualty. Police and the police? Well I'm talking I'm not talking for the police I'm talking of information I have maybe one or two I don't know but I think what I know is that there are a few casualties. So preliminary investigations point to the fact that the thing was politically sponsored politically sponsored. So but no conclusions yet the Excellency has already directed that investigation on the matter should be expediously handled and that both sponsors were applicable and the agents should be quickly apprehended and brought to justice. So that is where we are now but there are some indications that it could have been politically sponsored.