JUST IN: Gunmen Burn INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra

JUST IN: Gunmen Burn INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra

Gunmen attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra, early Wednesday morning.

According to a source, the hoodlums used improvised explosive devices to burn down the commission’s headquarters in the area (IED).

The gunmen also attacked a police station in the same local government area, as well as a residential building within the station, killing a boy and injuring a girl.

The extent of the damage in the police station, however, was unknown at the time of publication.

DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the state police command’s spokesperson, confirmed the incidents in a press statement.

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He stated that the attack occurred at approximately 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, confirming that the attackers arrived in large numbers and were transported to the scenes of the incidents in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.

He also stated that the command has heavily deployed security personnel throughout the state to prevent similar attacks in the future.

The release read: “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.”

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