Police launch manhunt for gunmen who attacked INEC office, killed officer

The gunmen attacked the INEC office, on Sunday, killing the police officer deployed in the area and razing a security house of the office.

in Enugu and killed a police officer deployed in the commission’s office.

Mr Ndukwe, a deputy superintendent of police, said the attack happened at the INEC office located in Amechi-Awkunanaw, a community in the Enugu South Local Government Area of the state. He said the hoodlums attempted to raze the entire facility but were “resisted and repelled” by police operatives on duty at the facility.

Mr Ammani expressed the commitment of the police in the state to ensure that the slain police officer did not die in vain, Mr Ndukwe said.“The police shall remain focused and intensify existing interagency collaboration towards the protection of INEC’s facilities and ensure the conduct of peaceful and credible general elections in the state,” he said.

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