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Police Personnel Feared Dead As Gunmen Attack Division, INEC Headquarters In Anambra
Police Personnel Feared Dead As Gunmen Attack Division, INEC Headquarters In Anambra
Awka – An unascertained number of Police operatives are feared to have been killed following an attack by unknown gunmen in public facilities in Awka, Anambra State Capital on Sunday.
The gunmen attacked B Division of the Nigeria Police in Awka and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Awka, which they allegedly set ablaze.
According to an eyewitness, the bandits, fully armed, came in three Hilux trucks at about 8pm, shooting into the air for close to one hour at B Police Division before proceeding to INEC office.
INEC collation centre destroyed in Anambra attack – Official
INEC official refused to speak on what impact the attack could have on November 6 Anambra governorship election.
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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it was still assessing the extent of damage on its headquarters in Anambra State after some hoodlums set the facility ablaze on Sunday.
The facility was attacked by armed men at about 8.30 p.m.
The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in the state, Nkwachukwu Orji, told reporters in Awka on Monday that he could not speak with certainty for now on the extent of damage done to the facility.
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A veteran journalist and former Head of Department of Mass Communication, University of Jos, Dr Taye Obateru, says peace journalism if adopted, has the potential to contribute to peaceful co-existence in the country.
He said journalists could be objective while reporting conflicts in a manner that would not exacerbate the situation.
Obateru disclosed this while delivering a paper titled: Peace Journalism and its Risks, at the maiden training workshop of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Plateau State Council.
He said, “The well-being of society should override other considerations in line with normative arguments which the peace journalism model shares.