The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Iyana Mortuary in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, has been set ablaze by some suspected hoodlums
According to New Telegraph, around midnight on Wednesday, November 9, the thugs jumped the fence of the commission’s building and set fire to it from the back.
It was discovered that the hoodlums soaked loaves of bread with petrol, threw them into the building from different angles, and destroyed the INEC office.
Azeez Hamzat, who is the security guard at the facility, reportedly made a distress call to the police around 1am on Wednesday about the fire incident.
The Ibara Divisional police then mobilized its detectives to the scene while contacting the firefighters who later put out the fire.
Attacks on INEC Office 2023 election Ogun state Nigeria politics The affected areas of the building included the registration area officer’s office and the conference room.
According to a source, non-sensitive materials were also affected by the fire. Niyi Ijalaye, the state’s INEC resident electoral commission (REC) described the incident as shocking.
Ijalaye said: “It is correct that our office was set on fire. The police are investigating. I do not know what to say. I’m in shock myself. We called the police and other security agencies at night. The fire brigade put the situation under control. The level of damage is still being assessed.
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