Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ojoto and a police station in Nnobi, both in Anambra State’s Idemili South Local Government Area.
The hoodlums were said to have stormed the facilities around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday in four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives.
DSP Tochukwu Ikenga of the State Police, who confirmed the incident, said security had been reinforced in the areas and that the situation was still being monitored.
Ikenga said, “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 Siena vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives, 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 police officer in the station, was murdered by the armed men, while the other, a female aged 15 years old, sustained a gunshot injury. They have taken her to the hospital where she is receiving treatment”.
“The situation is being monitored and we shall communicate further details, please.”
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