{"id":126396,"date":"2023-12-02T08:01:12","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T08:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/gunmen-attack-residence-of-inecs-rec-in-kogi-destroy-properties-pictures\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T08:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T08:01:12","slug":"gunmen-attack-residence-of-inecs-rec-in-kogi-destroy-properties-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/gunmen-attack-residence-of-inecs-rec-in-kogi-destroy-properties-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunmen Attack Residence Of INEC\u2019s REC In Kogi, Destroy Properties (Pictures)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Some yet to be identified gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, December 1, have stormed the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Commission, in a statement released on its X page, disclosed that the gunmen attacked the residence at 3:30 a.m. on today.<\/p>\n<p>The statement read: \u201cIn the early hours of today, Friday 1st December 2023, around 3.30am, gunmen attacked the residence of our Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe armed men engaged the security personnel in a gun battle for over 30 minutes until reinforcement arrived.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Kogi Off-Cycle Polls: Angry Mob Attack INEC Headquarters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile no lives were lost, property was destroyed in the ensuing gun battle. A team of combined security personnel have been deployed to protect the residence.This incident occurred a day after a mob besieged our state office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call for a thorough investigation and enhanced security protection for our personnel and assets in Kogi State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Kogi.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/IMG-20231201-WA0006.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/GAQAxjPXcAAlNQ_.jpg\" alt=\"PICTORIAL: Gunmen attack Kogi REC's residence\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING NEWS<\/p>\n<p>GUNMEN ATTACK THE RESIDENCE OF OUR ELECTORAL ECOMMISSIONER IN KOGI STATE<\/p>\n<p>In the early hours of today, Friday 1st December 2023, around 3.30am, gunmen attacked the residence of our Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lokoja, Kogi State.<\/p>\n<p>The armed men engaged\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TDdsVx5Xzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">pic.twitter.com\/TDdsVx5Xzn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/inecnigeria\/status\/1730509030647271556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">December 1, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some yet to be identified gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, December 1, have stormed the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. According to the Commission, in a statement released on its X page, disclosed that the gunmen attacked the residence at 3:30 a.m. on today. The statement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":126397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Gunmen Attack Residence Of INEC\u2019s REC In Kogi, Destroy Properties (Pictures) - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/02\/gunmen-attack-residence-of-inecs-rec-in-kogi-destroy-properties-pictures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gunmen Attack Residence Of INEC\u2019s REC In Kogi, Destroy Properties (Pictures) - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Some yet to be identified gunmen, in the early hours of Friday, December 1, have stormed the residence of the Resident Electoral Commissioner in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. 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