Charles Nwankwo, Abakaliki
Information reaching The Nigerian Xpress indicates that the three offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have been ablaze by the suspected hoodlums a few days ago.
According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Mrs. Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, the INEC office set ablaze was located in the Izzi Local Government Area of the state.
Mr. Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee made this known in a statement on Sunday.
Okoye said that the incident occurred around 10.00 am on Sunday when some unidentified persons set the entire building of the Ebonyi INEC office ablaze.
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He said, “although no casualties resulted from the attack, the main building and all the movable and immovable items inside it were destroyed.
“These include 340 ballot boxes, 130 voting cubicles, 14 electric power generators, large water storage tanks, assorted office furniture and fixtures and yet-to-be-determined quantities of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).”
He said the attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies has been drawn to the incident and has commenced an investigation.
He added: “Sadly, this is the third attack on our Local Government office in less than three weeks following similar attacks on our offices in Ogun and Osun States on 10th November 2022.”
The affected Local Government Area is the clan of the APC Gubernatorial candidate in Ebonyi State.
