Unknown gunmen, on Sunday morning set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in the Izzi local government area of Ebonyi State.
The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who confirmed this in a statement in Abuja, said the incident occurred at 10:00 a.m. on Sunday.
Although no casualty was recorded in the incident, the office main building and several items including 340 ballot boxes, 130 voting cubicles, 14 generators, large water storage tanks, and an unspecified quantity of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) were destroyed in the attack.
The latest incident occurred a few weeks after gunmen set fire to the commission’s offices in Ogun and Osun States.
Among the items destroyed we’re 340 ballot boxes and yet to be determined number of Permanent Voters’ Cards PVCs.
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