The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC), in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been burnt by hoodlums.
Hoodlums destroyed 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards, PVC’s,130 voting cubicles, 14 electric power generators.
INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed this in a statement yesterday.
The statement read partly, “The Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Mrs Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, reported that our Izzi Local Government Area office located in Iboko, was set ablaze this morning. The incident occurred around 110.00 amwhen some unidentified persons set the entire building ablaze.
“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 attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies has been drawn to the incident and have commenced an 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,” Okoye said.
