INEC office set ablaze in Imo

By Bisola Adeyemo

The newly completed Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office located at Okwudor community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, has been completely burnt down by hoodlums on Sunday.

INEC disclosed this in a statement by Festus Okoye, the INEC National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, adding that the arson attack took place at about 11:30 am.

The office, which was built and commissioned shortly before the 2019 general elections, was substantially burnt.

Although no life was lost but electoral materials, office equipment and furniture were burnt in the incident.

The attack comes less than seven days after the INEC office in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of the State was vandalized.

Daily post reported that it is now the eighth INEC office to be attacked in Imo since the 2019 general election.