Imo INEC headquarters bombed

The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State suffered a grenade attack in the early hours of Monday.

The assailants are said to have thrown a grenade into the building, which ignited a blaze.

The office and vehicles parked on the premises were gutted by fire.

Police operatives from a nearby station engaged the assailants in a gun duel and killed three of them.

Charms and insignia of the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) are reported to have been seen on the three corpses.