The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area was set ablaze on Sunday by unknown arsonists.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the incident in a statement.
He said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Mrs Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, reported that thee incident occurred around 10.00am when some unidentified persons set the entire building ablaze.
Okoye said although no casualty was resulted from the attack, the main building and all the movable and immovable items inside it were destroyed.
These include 340 ballot boxes, 130 voting cubicles, 14 electric power generators, large water storage tanks, assorted office furniture and fixtures and yet to be determined quantities of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs).
He said that unfortunately, this is the third attack on the Local Government office in less than three weeks following similar attacks on their offices in Ogun and Osun States on 10th November 2022.
