Some unknown gunmen have launched an attack on the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ojoto, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
The gunmen also invaded and attacked the Nnobi Divisional Police Station and a building close to the police station around 1:45am on Wednesday.
The gunmen who carried out the invasion were in 4 unmarked Sienna vehicles, and armed with sophisticated and harmful weapons.
The police officers at the station stood their ground to ensure that the gunmen were overpowered.
They reportedly took the life of a 16-year-old boy, a close relation of a serving police officer in the police station.
A 15 year old girl sustained severe bullet wound and has been hospitalized for medical attention.
The spokesperson of the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the incident, saying operatives of the command have been mobilised to the affected scene and also gave an assurance that the situation was under control.
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 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.”