4 killed In Attack On Another INEC Office In Southeast

4 killed In Attack On Another INEC Office In Southeast

Gunmen attacked the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, the capital of Imo State, yesterday.

In the ensuing gunfight, a police officer and three of the assailants were killed.

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The gunmen threw grenades through the fence of the commission, destroying offices and vehicles.

Three of the gunmen were killed in a shootout with police.

Some officers were injured, and many of the hoodlums fled towards Onitsha with multiple bullet wounds.

Mohammad Barde, the Commissioner of Police in Imo, said his men had apprehended two of the gunmen and were on the lookout for others.

He went on to say that the police recovered three AK47 riffles, three pump action guns, some Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), and two vehicles from the bandits.