There is tension in Anambra as unknown gunmen on Wednesday morning, attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area.
It was gathered that the gunmen arrived with dangerous weapons, including petrol bombs, and 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.
The spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident to newsmen, saying the attack happened at about 1:45 am on Wednesday, confirming that the attackers came in large numbers and arrived in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.
Meanwhile, the State Police Command on Wednesday 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 lNEC 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,” reads the statement.
The image maker said the 15-year-old girl has been taken to the hospital where she is receiving treatment.
There have been sustained attacks on INEC offices/facilities across Nigeria since 2017. Most offices of the electoral umpire have been torched and logistic vehicles destroyed, amid a secessionist militancy in Nigeria’s restive southeastern region.