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Views: 172 Some unknown persons in the early hours of Wednesday attacked and set ablaze two offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State, Nigeria’s South-east. The offices are located at Ezza North and Izzi local government areas of the state. INEC spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Cornelius Ali, confirmed the attack to reporters in Abakaliki. Mr Ali said the fire destroyed power generating sets, voting cubicles and other materials in the affected facilities. The commission’s officials in the state have visited the facilities to assess the level of damage, M...

Daily Post Nigeria Published The Governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, on Wednesday, ordered for the immediate querying of three local government chairmen and Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Matters, Samuel Okoronkwo for failure to protect, the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, offices in their areas. The affected council chairmen include; Mrs Nora Alo of Ezza north LGA, Chinyere Nwaogbaga Ebonyi LGA and Mr Paul Nwaogha of Izzi LGA for allowing hoodlums to attack, raze the facilities of the independent national electoral commission, INEC, in their LGAs. Umahi...

Punch Newspapers Sections Published 14 May 2021 AT least, 19 offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission have been gutted by fire in the last two years, findings by The PUNCH have revealed. A breakdown of the fire incidents showed that the most affected states include Akwa Ibom (four), Abia (three) Anambra (two) and Imo (two). Other states that witnessed fire incidents between February 2019 and May 2021 are Borno, Ebonyi, Jigawa, Kano, Ondo, Plateau and Rivers. Abuja was also affected. It was learnt that while 11 offices were burnt down by hoodlums, eight others were gutted by f...

Advertisement Last Tuesday, the gang had attempted to rob a commercial bank at the Onueke area of the state. Frank Mba, spokesperson of the police, in a statement on Sunday, said operatives attached to Ebonyi police command stormed the gang’s hideout in Ezza North LGA, and on sighting the police they were said to have opened fire, which led to the death of three of them. The operatives also recovered two AK-47 rifles, five pump action guns, and other ammunition from the gang. Advertisement “The suspects on sighting the Police squad opened fire on them. The Police team engaged them gallant...

Governor David Umahi The chairman of the Southeast governor’s forum and governor of Ebonyi State, David Umahi, on Wednesday, said that the Indigenous People of Biafra,(IPOB) were not responsible for most of the numerous attacks in parts of the state. Umahi made this known while briefing journalists on some decisions reached during this week security council meeting, held in Abakiliki. He added that the hoodlums hide under the umbrella of IPOB to carry out their evil attacks. The governor drew his view from the recent incident which happened on Tuesday at Onueke in Ezza South Local Governmen...