A police officer was, on Monday, killed when gunmen attacked another office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Owerri, Imo State, South-east Nigeria.
The attack occurred at about 2 a.m., PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
It comes about one week after gunmen attacked another INEC office in the Oru West Local Government Area of the same state, making it the eighth attack on the commission’s facilities within the last four months across the country.
In the latest attack, the gunmen were said to have thrown an Improvised Explosive Device into the INEC facility, which destroyed several offices and vehicles parked on the premises.
However, some police operatives stationed at the commission’s office were said to have engaged the hoodlums in a shoot-out, which resulted in the death of the police officer.
The police killed three of the gunmen in the attack.
The police spokesperson in the state, Michael Abattam, confirmed the…
