FEW DAYS TO ELECTION, FIRE CONSUMES ELECTORAL MATERIALS

The Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Festus Okoye  in a statement late on Sunday expressed concern about the sad  incidents.

“Some of the items destroyed in Isiala Ngwa South Local Government include 2979 Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) and other materials. At the Qua’an Pan office, items destroyed include 5987 uncollected Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs), 380 Voting Cubicles, 755 ballot boxes, 14 generators, election forms and official stamps,”

 Penpushing further reports that, Okoye said the commission has reported the incidents to the  appropriate authorities, and also expressed worry  “of the emerging trend of the burning of the Local Government Offices of the Commission close to the conduct of the elections and at a period when the Commission is engaged in the massive movement of election-related materials nationwide.”

Hear him further, “the Commission wishes to assure all Nigerians that it will not succumb to the antics of arsonists whose motive might be to create fear in the minds of voters and sabotage the conduct of the 2019 general elections,” .