Hoodlums set INEC office ablaze, 340 Ballot Boxes, PVC’s Damaged

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Hoodlums set Ebonyi office ablaze

Hoodlums have set fire to the Independent National Electoral Commission, , office in the Izzi Local Area of Ebonyi State, destroying 340 ballot boxes and an unknown number of Permanent Voters’ Cards, or PVCs, among other things.

After similar attacks in Ogun and Osun states on November 10, 2022, this is the third time in less than three weeks that ’s local government offices have been attacked.

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Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner for INEC’s Information and Voter Education Committee, made this announcement in a statement yesterday.

The Izzi Local Government Area office of the commission, which is located in Iboko, was allegedly set on fire yesterday morning, according to Mrs. Onyeka Ugochi, the Ebonyi Resident Electoral Commissioner, REC.

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Hoodlums set Ebonyi INEC office ablaze

According to Okoye, “the incident happened around 10:00 am when some unidentified persons set the entire building on fire.”

Although there were no casualties, he claimed that the main building and all of its movable and immovable contents were destroyed.

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There are also unspecified numbers of Permanent Voters’ Cards, as well as 340 ballot boxes, 130 voting cubicles, 14 electricity generators, sizable water storage tanks, various office furniture and fixtures.

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The incident has caught the attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies, who have started an investigation, according to Okoye.

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