Gunmen have bombed an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ojoto Community, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, Nigeria’s south-east.
The latest incident happened at about 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday, PREMIUM TIMES learnt.
Sources from the community told this newspaper that the gunmen, in their numbers, stormed the INEC office in four unmarked Toyota Sienna vehicles and threw improvised explosive devices in the area.
The level of damage at the INEC office could not be ascertained as of the time of this report.
The gunmen were said to have also attacked a Police Divisional Headquarters in Nnobi, another community in the council area.
It was gathered that a 16-year-old boy was killed by the gunmen while a 15-year-old girl sustained a gunshot injury during the attack on the police facility.
The police spokesperson in Anambra State, Tochukwu Ikenga, confirmed the two separate attacks in a statement on Wednesday.
Mr Ikenga, a deputy…
