The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC in Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by arsonists.
According to the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Mrs Onyeka Pauline Ugoch, the Commission’s office at Izzi Local Government Area office located in Iboko, was set ablaze this morning.
She noted that the incident occurred around 10.00am when some unidentified persons set the entire building ablaze.
She noted that the building and all the movable and immovable items were destroyed.
She however said that there were no casualties.
A statement by Barr. Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, in a statement on Sunday stated, “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).
“The only attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies have been drawn to the incident and have commenced investigation.
“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.”
