INEC under pressure to remain upbeat as violence mars 2023 countdown

• Three gunmen, two policeman killed in attack on commission’s Imo office
• It’s systemic, targeted attack, says INEC
• Assault politically contrived, says Uzodimma, insists polls will hold in state
• PDP campaign office destroyed in Gombe

After several affirmations that its resolve to hold next year’s general elections would not be shaken, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was compelled, yesterday, to issue yet another assurance, as attacks on its facilities continued across the country.