The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) have been destroyed by hoodlums who attacked two of its offices in Ogun and Osun states.
According to Chairman, INEC Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 30 megaphones, 57 election bags, and eight electric power generators were also destroyed by unscrupulous elements.
The attacks occurred separately at the commission’s offices in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State and the Ede South Local Government Area of Osun State.
OKOYE, in a statement, said both incidents occurred in the early hours today noting that while the entire building of its Abeokuta office was set ablaze, a portion of its Ede office was burnt.
The INEC National Commissioner said security agencies have been alerted and investigation had commenced into the worrisome attacks.