The Anambra police command on Sunday night killed four of the gunmen who invaded the state.
Three operational vehicles of the hoodlums were recovered.
Our correspondent gathered that three policemen may have been hit during a shootout, but the Commissioner of Police, Chris Owolabi, said no officer was killed.
The gunmen stormed the capital city in three Hilux vehicles and shot repeatedly at about 9.30 pm.
The hoodlums torched the charge room of the B Division, opposite Chief Jerome Udoji Secretariat in Awka, while a Sienna vehicle parked outside the outpost was riddled with bullets.
An eyewitness said the assailants came from Ifite Road to Dr Alex Ekwueme Square before moving to the INEC office, shooting nonstop.
Owolabi said normalcy had returned and urged residents to go about their normal business without any fear.
The police chief said: “The attack on our charge room at B Division was a decoy to attack INEC office
“We mobilised and waited for them. My men were in their element. We demobilised their three vehicles, recovered six pump action guns, one AK -47 and one General Purpose Machine Gun from them
“It was unfortunate that they succeeded in burning the collation centre of INEC and four vehicles, but it was a huge success for us.
“We didn’t record any casualty, but investigations are still going on and after it, we give you full details.”
A senior police source, who pleaded not to be named, said three of their men had been taken to the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu Teaching Hospital in Awka.
The source said nobody knew whether the officers were dead or alive, adding that the command got information about the planned attack on Sunday morning.
Another eyewitness said the war-like attack lasted for about two hours.
“They shot for more than one hour at B-Division before leaving.
