Hoodlums bomb INEC office, police station in Anambra

• Published date: 01 February 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

A16-year-old boy was on Wednesday killed while a 15-year old girl sustained gunshot injury in a bomb attack at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and a police station in Ojoto and Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State.

The hoodlums who carried the attack invaded the area at early hours of the day with four Seina vehicles, IEDs, petrol bombs and other explosives.

The Nation gathered that the boy died in the incident, while the female teenager who sustained gunshot injury had been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

Police spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed the incident, saying security deployment had been reinforced in the state, while the situation is being monitored.

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