INEC Office Confirmed Burnt By The Police This Morning PVC Damaged In News South LGA

The Police Public Relations Officer, Abia command SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, has confirmed the burning down of the Independent National Ele...

The Police Public Relations Officer, Abia command SP Geoffrey Ogbonna, has confirmed the burning down of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Isiala-Ngwa South Local Government Area of Abia.




Ogbonna confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba on Sunday, adding that the fire occurred on Saturday night.



He said that information available to the police showed that the fire started from the toilet and extended to the office, where the Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) were stored.





The police spokesman said that some of the PVCs were already destroyed before the fire was eventually put out on Sunday morning.
He said that the number of damaged PVCs had yet to be ascertained.


Ogbonna, who spoke from the scene of the fire, said that the command had commenced investigation to ascertain the cause of the fire.
Speaking further, the Head of Public Affairs of the commission in Abia, Mr Bamidele Oyetunji, said that police had taken over the investigation of the incident.



Oyetunji said that the police were in a better position to find the perpetrators of the dastardly act and that the commission was not

It was further reported that the number of burnt PVCs might not be less than 10,000, considering the heap of the items.

NAN reports that similar fire razed down the Obingwa LGA INEC office in 2015, after a governorship election petition tribunal in Umuhia gave an order for the forensic inspection of the votes for the governorship poll in the area.

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