INEC office set ablaze in Abia

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The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed that its office in Ohafia LGA, Abia State has been set ablaze

INEC spokesman, Festus Okoye, who made this known in a statement on Monday, said the incident occurred on Sunday night.

He, however, said there is no known cause of the fire incident yet adding that investigation into the incident is ongoing.

This is coming a week after one of the commission’s offices in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state was razed

The commission in a statement confirmed that the office was set ablaze by unidentified persons in the early hours of Sunday, May 2nd, 2021.

As a result of this development, INEC will convene a meeting of its Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security next week to discuss way forward.

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