The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has planned to hold an emergency meeting with all Resident Electoral Commissioners across Nigeria over attacks on its offices.
INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement issued on Friday, adding that all RECs would be summoned in Abuja on May 19.
Recall that the Commission’s office in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State was set ablaze by hoodlums on Sunday night, just a week after the Commission’s Headquarters in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, was also razed by unknown persons.
Also on Thursday, INEC’s office in Enugu was also involved in a fire incident.
According to the statement, following the attacks on its offices, the commission resolved to convene an emergency meeting of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security to discuss the disturbing trend, calling for an immediate review of the measures necessary to secure INEC’s assets across the states
The commission however, expressed determination to continue to discharge its responsibilities, including the conclusion of the expansion of voters’ access to Polling Units, resumption of the Continuous Voter Registration, capacity-building activities, review of the draft Strategic Plan 2022-2026, engagement with stakeholders as well as all scheduled and pending elections.
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