Suspected ESN/IPOB men bomb police station, INEC office in Anambra
Gunmen suspected to be members of the Eastern Security Network (ESN)/Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the early hours of Wednesday killed a 16-year-old boy when they attacked a police station and residential buildings inside the station in Nnobi, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.
New Point Nigeria gathered that the gunmen also reportedly shot a 15-year-old girl within the vicinity.
The gunmen then proceeded to bomb the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ojoto in the same LGA.
The murdered boy was a relative of a serving policeman at the station.
A source told News Point Nigeria that, the hoodlums bombed the commission’s headquarters in the area, using Improvised Explosive Devise (IED).
The source added that the injured girl had been taken to a hospital.
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The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the attack occurred at about 1:45 am on Wednesday.
According to him, the attackers came in large numbers in four Toyota Sienna vehicles.
He said in a statement that the command has made heavy deployment of security personnel around the state to forestall further attacks in other places.
He 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 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 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.”
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