INEC TO MEET WITH RESIDENT ELECTORAL COMMISSIONERS, AS CRIMINALS ATTACK INEC STATE HEADQUARTERS IN ENUGU
Oru Leonard
INEC and her staff has faced disasters too many in recent times, especially from 2915 to the incident which occurred on the night of Sunday, 16th May 2021, when the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Enugu State, Emeka Ononamadu, reported an attack on the State Headquarters office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu.
The back to back fire incidents and attack of INEC offices in some parts of the country has prompted INEC’s Management team to convene a meeting of all Residenct Electoral Commissioners on Wednesday, May 19, 2021./
According to Festus Okoye Esq., The
National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, some unidentified persons overpowered the security personnel on duty around 9.00pm and tried to set the entire building ablaze. The attention of the security agencies as well as the Federal and State Fire Services in Enugu was drawn to the unfolding situation and they responded swiftly.
He said attackers set the foyer ablaze, vandalised some offices in the main building and caused extensive damage to some of the Commission’s movable assets within the premises.
Six (6) utilility pick up vehicles (Toyota Hilux) were burnt down while two (2) more were smashed and damaged. The security agencies who were at the scene have commenced investigation.
“As we categorically mentioned in our earlier statements, the spate of attacks on the Commission’s facilities portends danger to national electoral activities.
The Commission is holding an emergency meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) on Wednesday 19th May 2021 and further statement will be released ahead of another emergency meeting with heads of all the security agencies in the country under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES)”, Festus disclosed.
