No Casualty, Critical Election Materials Were Not Destroyed—INEC

INEC—The Independent National Electoral Commission has responded to the attack on it Imo headquarters by gunmen.

The electoral commission mentioned that there were actually no casualties and no critical election materials were damaged.

Festus Okoye, who is the national commissioner and chairman, information and voter commission of INEC, disclosed this in a statement. This statement was released on the 12th of Dec, 2022.

Festus stated that there is a systematic attack that is targeted at the commission’s assets across the nation, more so on the day that the collection of Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) commences nationwide ahead of the 2023 General Election.

He stated that:

“The response of the security and emergency services (the Fire Service) curtailed further damage to the building and other assets of the Commission. No critical election materials were destroyed. There were also no casualties involving staff of the Commission.

“This is third attack on the Commission’s facilities in Imo State in less than two weeks following the earlier attacks on our Orlu LGA office on Thursday 1st December 2022 and Oru West LGA office on Sunday 4th December 2022.

“Our Imo State Headqurters is located in the centre of the Owerri, the State capital, between a court and the State secretariat. This is therefore yet another systematic attack targeted at the Commission’s assets across the country, more so on the day that the collection of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) commences nationwide ahead of the 2023 General Election.”