{"id":80824,"date":"2021-05-17T14:13:24","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=80824"},"modified":"2021-05-17T14:13:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T13:13:24","slug":"enugu-inec-hq-vehicles-set-ablaze-days-after-similar-incident-in-nsukwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/enugu-inec-hq-vehicles-set-ablaze-days-after-similar-incident-in-nsukwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Enugu INEC HQ, vehicles set ablaze, days after similar incident in Nsukwa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">Few days after a zonal office of the\u00a0 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nsukka was set ablaze by unknown arsonists, the\u00a0Enugu State headquarters of the commission\u00a0and vehicles were set ablaze\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">Sunday night<\/a>\u00a0by unidentified gunmen.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Barrister Festus Okoye, National Commissioner &amp; Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee who confirmed the development in a statement said \u201cSome unidentified persons overpowered the security personnel on duty\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">around 9.00pm<\/a>and tried to set the entire building ablaze.\u201d Security agencies were informed and they responded swiftly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Despite all efforts, \u201cThe attackers set the foyer ablaze, vandalised some offices in the main building and caused extensive damage to some of the Commission\u2019s movable assets within the premises.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Okoye\u2019s statement reads in full, \u201cLast night, Sunday 16th May 2021, the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Enugu State, Emeka Ononamadu, reported an attack on the State Headquarters office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Enugu.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n\u201cSome unidentified persons overpowered the security personnel on duty\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">around 9.00pm<\/a>\u00a0and tried to set the entire building ablaze. The attention of the security agencies as well as the Federal and State Fire Services in Enugu was drawn to the unfolding situation and they responded swiftly.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe attackers set the foyer ablaze, vandalised some offices in the main building and caused extensive damage to some of the Commission\u2019s movable assets within the premises.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cSix (6) utilility pick up vehicles (Toyota Hilux) were burnt down while two (2) more were smashed and damaged. The security agencies who were at the scene have commenced investigation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we categorically mentioned in our earlier statements, the spate of attacks on the Commission\u2019s facilities portends danger to national electoral activities.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">He concluded that, \u201cThe Commission is holding an emergency meeting with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (RECs)\u00a0<a dir=\"ltr\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">on Wednesday 19th May 2021<\/a>\u00a0and further statement will be released ahead of another emergency meeting with heads of all the security agencies in the country under the auspices of the Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1621343308327000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHvJIRWo6zHTORDcqGkkvQ1681L0Q\" data-mt-detrack-inspected=\"true\">Pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0reported that INEC&#8217;s zonal office in Nsukka, Enugu State was only last week gutted by fire.<\/div>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Few days after a zonal office of the\u00a0 Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Nsukka was set ablaze by unknown arsonists, the\u00a0Enugu State headquarters of the commission\u00a0and vehicles were set&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":80825,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-80824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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