Tag: Attack on INEC

Attacks on Nigeria’s election Umpire, INEC’s facilities hit 41 in 24 months

Dawood Rabiu

  Here is the full account of how INEC suffered an average of about 2 attacks per month in last two years + implications for next transition in Africa’s biggest democracy     The Nigeria’s election umpire, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it had suffered 41 deliberate attacks on its facilities across the country within the last two years. INEC Chairman, Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, disclosed this at the commission’s emergency meeting with security agencies under the auspices of the Inter-agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES).   READ ALSO: Another INEC headquarters on…

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Another INEC headquarters on fire, 4th case in 2 weeks

Precious Ibekwe

(Photo above: File copy of another fire incident earlier at a Local Govt of INEC in Enugu State) The headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INECINEC Office set ablaze, 3rd time in 12 Days + PHOTOS) in Enugu State, was on Sunday night gutted by fire barely one week after the office in Obollo-Afor, Udenu was razed. This, according to data compiled by Platforms Africa, is the fourth case of fire at INEC office in the last two weeks. READ ALSO: INEC Office set ablaze, 3rd time in 12 Days + PHOTOS How Hoodlums Set…

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