JUST IN: Gunmen bomb council headquarters in Anambra, kill three
Sources from the community told this newspaper that the IEDs razed several buildings in the secretariat.
Mr Ikenga, a deputy superintendent of police, said police operatives arrived in the area in response to a distress call at 2:55 a.m. Five of the buildings in the secretariat were set ablaze by the gunmen with the IEDs and some petrol bombs, he said.
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