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Views: Visits 6 The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state has been set ablaze by yet-to-be-identified hoodlums in the early hours of Sunday. Ballot boxes and other electoral materials were burnt. INEC National Commissioner & Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, who confirmed the incident, said the security guard on duty, escaped unhurt, adding that the destruction to the build...

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Independent National Electoral Commission has said that its office in Essien Udim Local Government Area in Akwa Ibom State has been set ablaze. This was disclosed in a statement issued on Sunday by the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye Esq. The statement said the security […]

A local office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria’s South-south, was on Sunday set ablaze by hoodlums. The incident, which occurred in Essien Udim Local Government Area of the state, looks like a targeted attack by people who are also responsible for the ongoing attacks on security agencies in the South-east and South-south regions. INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the ...

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Ignatius Igwe   Updated May 2, 2021 The INEC office in Essien Udim Local Government Area was gutted by fire on May 2, 2021.   The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Essien Udim Local Government Area has been gutted by fire. INEC Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, confirmed the incident to Channels Television via a statement issued on Sunday. He said INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner for Akwa Ibom State, Mike Igini, reported that the i...

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The commission expressed concern, particularly with the ongoing conversion of voting points to polling units, voter registration and the conduct of future elections.

Vanguard News INEC confirms death of 3 staff in Borno accident On Kindly Share This Story: The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has confirmed the death of three of its staff in a road accident in Borno. The INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr Festus Okoye, made the confirmation in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja. Okoye said that the commission on Sunday received a sad report from Mohammed Ibrahim, the Resident Electoral C...

INEC Chairman Professor Mahmood Yakubu PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Three staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission on an official assignment in Borno State died in a fatal road accident on Sunday. x “On Sunday 18th April 2021, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for the State, Mohammed Magaji Ibrahim, informed the Commission that an Electoral Officer (EO) and some Assistant Electoral Officers (AEOs) travelling from some Local Government Areas to ...

Nseobong Okon-Ekong writes that the impending commencement of Continuous Voter Registration by the Independent National Electoral Commission may be the first test to win stakeholders confidence towards successful conduct of national elections in 2023 Almost three years after it suspended the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has announced its readiness to resume the exercise in about 58 days. INEC suspended the CVR on August 31, 2018, prom...