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Hoodlums Set Ablaze INEC’s Office, Destroyed  PVCs, Ballot Boxes In Ebonyi

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Hoodlums Set Ablaze INEC’s Office, Destroyed  PVCs, Ballot Boxes In Ebonyi

The main building and all the movable and immovable items inside it were destroyed

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The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze by hoodlums.

According to a statement released on  Sunday and signed by INEC’s National Commissioner, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Mrs Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, reported that the commission’s office in Izzi Local Government Area office located in Iboko, was set ablaze this morning.

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He said the incident occurred around 10.00am when 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.

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“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 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 lamented.
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