The Enugu State command of the Nigeria Police Force, says it has launched manhunt for hoodlums who attacked office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and killed an operative, while injuring another on Monday. SaharaReporters had reported that hoodlums attacked the INEC office at Amechi-Awkunanaw in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday night and attempted to burn the office.
January 17, 2023SaharaReporters had reported that hoodlums attacked the INEC office at Amechi-Awkunanaw in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday night and attempted to burn the office.
SaharaReporters had reported that hoodlums attacked the INEC office at Amechi-Awkunanaw in the Enugu South Local Government Area of Enugu State on Sunday night and attempted to burn the office. The statement partly read,"The Commissioner of Police, Enugu State Command, CP Ahmed Ammani, has ordered the discreet investigation and manhunt of the suspected IPOB/ESN renegades, who in their numbers attacked and attempted to set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission Office, at Amechi-Awkunanaw in Enugu South Local Government Area, on 15/01/2023 at about 9.15pm, but were resisted and repelled by Police Operatives on duty in the Office.
"The Commissioner, while restating the avowed commitment of the command to ensure that the deceased police officer did not pay the supreme price in the line of duty in vain, has reiterated that the police shall remain focused and intensify existing interagency collaboration towards the protection of INEC's facilities and ensure the conduct of a peaceful and credible general elections in the state.
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