No fewer than 23 INEC offices across 10 states have been attacked, vandalised or set ablaze in 24 months.
The Data Processing Centre (DPC) located at the premises of the Commission’s state office in Kano was razed on April 20.
On May 2, arsonists burnt the INEC office in Essien Udim LGA in Akwa Ibom State. At least 345 ballot boxes, 135 voting cubicles and other equipment were destroyed.
On May 9, the INEC office in Ohafia LGA in Abia State was burnt. The commission’s office in Abia South LGA was earlier torched on December 13, 2020.
The commission’s Udenu LGA headquarters in Obollo-Afor, Enugu was completely razed on May 13.
On May 14, seven Hilux vans were burnt in a night attack on the headquarters of the commission in Awka.
On May 16, the state office in Enugu suffered yet another arson and vandalisation in which parts of the building were ransacked and several vehicles razed.
Two more offices in Ebonyi and Ezza North LGAs in Ebonyi were burnt on May 18.
