The victim, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Sunday in an interview, said the assailants invaded their residence on Thursday while she was preparing food for political visitors.

A 40-year-old woman in Ebonyi State, Blessing Ngwuta, has alleged that she lost her four-month pregnancy after suspected political thugs stormed her family home in Ezza South Local Government Area and brutally assaulted her during an attack that also left several people injured and property destroyed.

The victim, who spoke to SaharaReporters on Sunday in an interview, said the assailants invaded their residence on Thursday while she was preparing food for political visitors.

Her husband is Christopher Ngwuta, a 73-year-old chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), at Amaezekwe community in the state.

According to her, the attackers, armed with guns, machetes, swords, sticks, and stones, stormed the compound, assaulted its occupants, vandalized vehicles, and made away with valuables.