Unidentified thugs in Ebonyi state sets INEC office on fire.

Thugs destroyed 340 ballot boxes and an unknown number of Permanent Voters’ Cards, or PVCs, when they set fire to the Independent National Electoral Commission, or INEC, office in the Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.

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

Although there were no injuries, he claimed that the main building and all of its moveable and immovable contents were destroyed. 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 furnishings and fixtures, and 130 voting cubicles.

“The attention of the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies has been drawn to the incident and have commenced investigation,” Okoye said.

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