Part of the building that was attacked
The Independent National Electoral Commission office in Osu Local Government Area of Imo State was on Tuesday, attacked and vandalised by some unknown people.
This was disclosed in a statement signed by the National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, on Wednesday.
According to the statement the incident occurred at the early hours of Tuesday, 20th December 2022.
This is the fourth attack on INEC facilities in Imo State in less than three weeks following previous attacks on Orlu and Oru West Local Government Areas and the State Headquarters in Owerri.
The statement added that eight windows were smashed, and burglary proofs removed.
The statement thus reads: “Fortunately, the attackers could not access the building. Movable and immovable equipment as well as other materials were not removed or vandalised.
“However, as a precautionary measure, critical materials such as ballot boxes and voting cubicles have been evacuated to another INEC facility for safe keeping. Similarly, all uncollected PVCs have been secured while security will be deployed to ensure the continuous collection of the cards by registered voters in the same premises.
“The incident has been reported to the Police and other security agencies for necessary action.
