Independent National Electoral Commission says its office in the Sankara area of Ukum LGA in Benue has been burnt down.
INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman for Information and Voter Education Committee, Sam Olumekun, said in a statement on Wednesday, that the incident was reported by the state’s Resident Electoral Commissioner, Sam Egwu.
According to him, youths in the area protesting activities of bandits in the communities attacked the INEC office and other government facilities around 2pm.
The INEC statement read, “Although no casualties were reported, the building has been extensively damaged. Office furniture and other movable and immovable materials, including 10 electric generators, 300 ballot boxes, and 270 voting cubicles, were destroyed in the attack.
“The attention of security agencies has been drawn to the incident, and they have already deployed their personnel to the area.”
