The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Imo State, has been set ablaze.
This is coming a few days after the commission’s facility in Ebonyi State was razed by yet-to-be-identified arsonists.
This was made known on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.
According to Okoye, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the state, Prof. Sylvia Uchenna Agu, reported the incident which occurred in Oru West Local Government Area during an attack.
The incident, according to him, occurred on Thursday, 1st December, 2022.
Agu was quoted to have said, “The building, which is undergoing extensive renovation following an earlier attack, was vandalised and partially set ablaze.
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“The damage would have been more extensive but for the quick response of the Nigeria Police which has deployed its personnel to the site.”
Continuing, Okoye said, “Overall, this is the 7th attack on our facilities in five states of the federation in the last four months.
“Once again, the commission expresses its concern on the consequences of what appears to be a systematic attack on its facilities across the country on the conduct of elections in particular and electoral activities in general.”
He stated that the attention of the security operatives in the state has been drawn to this latest incident for investigation.
INEC expressed worry over the recent attacks on its facilities across the country ahead of the 2023 general elections.
The Commission noted that such attacks have negative consequences on its preparations for 2023.