From Isaac Ojo
Unknown gunmem in the early morning of Wednesday attacked the office of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) situated in Idemili South Local Goverment Area Secretariat in Anambra State.
Sources claimed thath the hoodlums burnt the commission’s headquarters in the area, using improvised explosive devise (IED).
The gunmen also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi, in the same local government area, and a residential building inside the station, where they killed a boy, and injured a girl.
The level of damage in the police station was however not ascertained as at the time of going to press.
The Anambra State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the command Toochukwu Ikenga(DSP) has confirmed the incident in a press release.
Tochukwu said the attack happened at about 1:45 am on Wednesday, confirming that the attackers came in huge number, and we’re ferried to the scenes of the incidents in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.
He added that the command has made heavy deployment of security personnel around the state to forestall such atta ks in other places.
“Anambra State Police Command today 1/2/2023 has reinforced security deployment in the state, following an attack on the INEC office in idemili south, Ojoto and Nnobi Police Station.
“The hoodlums came in their numbers by 1:45 am today 1/2/2023, with four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, Petrol bombs and other explosives.
“They invaded the INEC office, the Police Station and the residential building in the station. Unfortunately, one boy aged 16 years a relative of a serving policeman in the station was murdered by the armed men, while the other, a female aged 15 years old sustained a gunshot injury. She has been taken to the hospital where she is receiving treatment.” He said
