Recent reports reaching the desk of Africa Today News, New York has revealed that the national headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally given a sequence report of some of the items which had been destroyed when its office in Iyana Mortuary, Abeokuta South Local Government of Ogun State had been set ablaze by some unknown hoodlums at night.
According to a statement which had been signed by the commission’s spokesperson, Festus Okoye, a total of 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards were gutted by the fire.
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Okoye had also explained further that 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 30 megaphones, 57 election bags and eight power generators had also been razed by the inferno and he had also lamented that the building and all movable assets in the INEC office were destroyed by the fire.
The commission described as disturbing the fact that a similar attack was witnessed in Ede South Local Government Area, where the INEC was attacked and set ablaze.
While saying the attention of police and other security agencies had been drawn to the incidents, Okoye expressed worry that these attacks were coming within 106 days to the next general election when the commission has commenced the movement of materials to its offices.
In another report, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) have reportedly sworn in up to 19 newly-appointed Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs) in an appointment which would be coming ahead of the 2023 general elections.
INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, who had also performed the ceremony on Thursday at the INEC headquarters in Abuja had also warned most of the officials that they would not to be visitors to government houses in order to maintain their neutrality in the matter.
In July, it had been revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari had also transmitted some of the names of 19 nominees as RECs of INEC to the Senate for confirmation and all the nominees had been confirmed by the senate despite allegations of corruption and partisanship against some of them.
While 14 of the RECs were fresh appointments, five were re-appointed for a second and final term.