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Half of the non-delicate materials for the November 6 Anambra governorship political race have been lost, following assaults on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office by hooligans.
INEC National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Mr. Festus Okoye, revealed this in an assertion in Abuja on Monday.
He said the Anambra INEC Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC), Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji, his Imo partner, Prof. Francis Ezeonu, and that of Enugu state, Mr. Emeka Ononamadu detailed that the assaults occurred on different occasions on Sunday night.
Okoye said INEC state central command in Awka was set on fire in the most obliterating invasion on the commission's offices up until now.
He depicted the assaults as plainly arranged and focused on crippling the commission to keep it from directing constituent exercises, particularly in Anambra.
"The aggressors were orderly and particular in their objectives. The Pavilion which fills in as Collation Center during significant races was burned to the ground.
"In what is a significant hit to our arrangements for the governorship political decision booked for Nov. 6, two stores lodging electing materials were additionally burned to the ground.
"New and old (however functional) electric producing machines, numbering 376 for every one of the Electoral Wards and the additional numbers for reinforcement were totally singed.
"The electric generators were as of late moved from the Local Government Areas (LGAs) to the State HQ in the conviction that it is safer than the LGA workplaces.
"Also, as a component of the commission's proactive measures to guarantee the achievement of the governorship political decision not long from now, around 50% of the non-delicate materials needed for the Nov. 6, governorship political decision previously conveyed to the state have additionally been lost in the fire-related accident.
"Moreover, seven utility vehicles (Toyota Hilux) were scorched," Okoye said.
He said that after the fire episode just before the 2019 general political race wherein the Smart Card Readers for the state were annihilated, the commission moved the substitution from the steel trailers to the substantial store for improved assurance.
"Luckily, the Smart Card Readers were not influenced," he said.
Okoye said the INEC office in Ahiazu Mbaise LGA of Imo was additionally assaulted on Sunday at about 6.45 pm in a conspicuous endeavor to set the structure on fire.
"Luckily, the harm was restricted to a segment of the structure, explicitly the windows and part of the rooftop.
"No discretionary materials or office gear were obliterated," he said.
Okoye additionally uncovered that at around 1 pm on Sunday, the INEC office at Igboeze South LGA of Enugu state was assaulted.
He said the workplace store was totally torched before the local watch and the State Fire Service reacted and kept the hellfire from wrecking different pieces of the structure.
"This is the third assault on INEC offices in the state in under about fourteen days, following the annihilation of our Udenu LGA office on May 13 and the state base camp structure in Enugu on May 16.
"Each of the three occurrences in Anambra, Imo, and Enugu have been accounted for by the police for examinations.
"Albeit no lives were lost, these are plainly coordinated and focused on assaults pointed toward debilitating the commission in leading appointive exercises, particularly in Anambra," Okoye said.
He included that the assaults on the commission's offices had become a public crisis.
"Likewise, the commission will brief the public authority and partners on the occurrences," he said.
Okoye, notwithstanding, said that regardless of the mishaps, the commission was resolved to keep on releasing its obligations, including the leader of the Anambra governorship political decision.
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