The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Ibeagwa, Igboeze South LGA of Enugu State was on Sunday night set on fire by unknown hoodlums.
EverydayNews reports that the invaders set the facility on fire at about 11pm and succeeded in burning one of the rooms in the office before it was put off by the State Fire Service.
This is the third time in less than two weeks the INEC office in different locations in the state would be attacked and set on fire. The first incident happened at the Orba office of the electoral body in Udenu Local Government where extensive damage was recorded, followed by the state headquarters of the commission on Sunday night of 17th of this month which also went up in flames with six Hilux van official vehicles destroyed as well.
In Ibeagwa INEC office, curtains and cushions in one of the rooms at the headquarters had already caught fire when the fire service arrived and stopped the fire.
Enugu State Chief Fire Officer Engr. Okwudili Ohaa who confirmed the report said, “there was a fire outbreak at INEC Office, Ibagwa in Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area late last night.
“We responded promptly, the situation is under control and we have extinguished the fire.”
It was only one room that was affected by the fire.
The latest attack has raised question marks about the efficiency of the local vigilante and the local government who should protect the area.
Efforts to speak with the Enugu INEC Resident Commissioner Dr. Emeka Ononamadu failed.
