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Punch Newspapers Sections Segun Adewole Published 10 May 2021 The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia State has been set ablaze. This happened on Sunday night days after the Commission’s office in Akwa Ibom was set ablaze by unknown men. The incident was confirmed by the Resident Electoral Commissioner for the state, Dr. Joseph Iloh, when the Commission met today to discuss a wide range of issues. A statement issued by the National ...

This is happening a week after one of the commission’s offices in Akwa Ibom was razed. by SaharaReporters, New York May 10, 2021 The Independent National Electoral Commission office in the Ohafia Local Government Area of Abia state has been set ablaze. In a statement on Monday, INECs National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, stated that the incident occurred on Sunday night. This is happening a week after one of the commission’s offices in...

The Abia REC also confirmed the ugly incident to Channels Television, adding that INEC staff with the help of a local vigilante group made efforts to put out the fire. While noting that no life was lost, the REC appealed to security operatives to up their game and assist in protecting INEC offices. “I do not know why the attack on the office, last week, Department of State Services(DSS) and security operatives circulate information about pending attacks on Federal government offices,” he s...

Views: 329 The Independent National Electoral Commission,INEC has reported yet another fire incident at one of its offices in Abia State. Confirming the latest incident, Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, said in a statement, Monday that, “The Resident Electoral Commissioner for the State, Dr. Joseph Iloh, reported that INEC’s recently renovated office in Ohafia Local Government Area has been set ablaze. Okoye said, “The in...

Share Barely a week after hoodlums set ablaze its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has again suffered a fresh attack on its property. Its office in Ohafia Local Government Area in Abia State which was renovated recently has been set ablaze. A statement signed by the National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Barrister Festus Okoye, which was made available to newsmen in Abuja di...

5 May 2021 Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX-21) sent a letter on Wednesday to Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and two influential state legislators encouraging them to pass election integrity legislation currently under consideration in the Texas State Legislature that includes several specific safeguards. Breitbart News obtained an exclusive preview of the letter in which Roy states: As you consider measures to protect the integrity of Texas elections, please know you have many frien...

  Accreditation and voting have started in some polling units in the Rivers Local Government Election where seventeen political parties are contesting for positions. The All Progressives Congress (APC) which is the 18th political party on the ballot is the only one not recognized. The Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission (RSIEC) had initially listed 18 political parties for the election but the APC wrote to the commission that it would not be participating in the elections reducing th...

  Police authorities have deployed 17,500 officers to provide security before, during, and after the local government election in Rivers State. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, explained that the personnel would be supported by operatives to be deployed by other security agencies. According to him, the Commissioner of Police in Rivers, Eboka Friday, who is also the Chairman of Inter-Agency Consultative Forum on Election Security for the poll, has barred highly pl...

DeSantis pushes for more restrictive Florida voting laws despite rejected ballot in 2016 Illustration: Eniola Odetunde/Axios Florida Gov. Ron Desantis’ primary ballot was rejected for not having a matching signature when he was a congressman in 2016, NBCLX reports. Why it matters: DeSantis is now at the forefront of the "voter integrity" fight surrounding how voters can get and drop off mail-in ballots, who can collect ballots and ID requirements for voter registration changes. Noah Pransky,...

Despite insecurity, Nigerian police deploy 17,500 personnel for local election Entry and exit points in the state would be shut during the election, the police say. ADVERTISEMENT Despite the insecurity ravaging virually every part of Nigeria, the police in Rivers State said they have deployed no fewer than 17,500 personnel for Saturday’s local government elections in the state. The police spokesperson in the state, Nnamdi Omoni, made this known in a statement in Port Harcourt on Thursday. Mr ...