Gunmen said to number in their dozens on Wednesday morning attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ojoto in Idemili South Local government which they destroyed with improvised explosive device (IED).
The gunmen also attacked a Police Station in Nnobi in the same local government and a residential building within the police station in which they killed a 16 year old boy said to be a relation of one of the police men while wounding another female aged 15.
The level of damage in the incidents has not been ascertained although the state command’s spokesperson, Mr. Tochukwu Ikenga, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) confirmed the incidents in a press statement.
Ikenga said the attack took place at about 1:45 am and confirmed that the attackers came in large number in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.
According to him the command has already made heavy deployment of security personnel around the state to forestall future attacks in other places.
Part of 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.
“The situation is being monitored and further details shall be communicated, please”
