THE Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office In Iboko, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has been set on fire.
The National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated that the incident occurred earlier today.
He said that Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the state of Ebonyi, revealed that the incident happened at around 10:00 am when some unknown people lit the entire structure on fire.
He argued that even though there were no casualties from the attack, the main structure and all of its moveable and immovable items 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),” Okoye said.
He lamented that this is the third attack on INEC Local Government office in less than three weeks following similar attacks on the commission’s offices in Ogun and Osun states on 10th November 2022.
He stated that the incident had caught the attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies, who have started
