On Wednesday morning, February 1, unknown gunmen attacked the INEC office in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area.
The gunmen who were armed with dangerous weapons including petrol bombs, 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.
Addressing the incident, DSP Toochukwu Ikenga, the spokesperson of the state police command, said the attack happened at about 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, confirming that the attackers came in huge numbers and arrived in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.
The statement read, “Today, 1/20/2023, the Anambra State Police Command reinforced security deployment in the state following an attack on the INEC office in Idemili South, Ojoto Police Station, and Nnobi Police Station.”
The hoodlums came in their numbers by 1:45 a.m. 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, age 16, who was a relative of a serving policeman in the station, was murdered by the armed men, while the other, a female, age 15, sustained a gunshot injury. She has been taken to the hospital, where she is receiving treatment.
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