{"id":80684,"date":"2021-05-12T13:48:15","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80684"},"modified":"2021-05-12T13:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T12:48:15","slug":"attack-on-abia-inec-office-needless-says-orji-kalu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/other-news\/attack-on-abia-inec-office-needless-says-orji-kalu\/","title":{"rendered":"Attack on Abia INEC office needless, says Orji Kalu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1699555936122307495\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has condemned the attack on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia.<\/p>\n<p>INEC office was set ablaze on Sunday by unidentified hoodlums, leaving electoral\u00a0materials and furniture destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, described the act as undemocratic and uncivilised.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor of Abia, urged law enforcement agencies to commence a full-scale investigation into the attack to identify and bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Nigeria\u2019s growing democracy must be protected for the sake\u00a0of development.<\/p>\n<p>While calling on the political class to uphold democratic virtues in their\u00a0endeavours, Kalu emphasised that politics was not a do-or-die<br \/>\naffair.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe attack on INEC office in Ohafia local government area of Abia\u00a0state, is needless and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s electoral body, INEC, has sustained its leading role in the promotion\u00a0and sustenance of democratic tenets in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sponsors and perpetrators of the attack are enemies of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI implore security agencies to fish out the people behind the attack in a\u00a0bid to forestall recurrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalu further urged INEC not to relent in its efforts to sustain the tenets\u00a0of democracy in Nigeria. 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