Police To Tighten Security At INEC Offices Due To Attacks

The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, has ordered Commissioners of Police nationwide to protect the facilities belonging to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). This, according to him, was part of measures to prevent further attacks on the commission’s properties.

The Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, gave the position of the IG in an interview on Friday. He stated that the police boss also requested that the police commissioners intensify efforts to arrest the culprits involved in the attacks on the commission’s facilities nationwide.

Recall that the Osun and Ogun states offices of INEC were attacked and set ablaze on Thursday by some criminals, during which thousands of permanent voter cards awaiting collection and other materials were destroyed.

In Ogun State, 65,699 PVCs, 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 30 megaphones, 57 election bags and eight electric power generators were destroyed while in Osun State, a portion of the commission’s office was set ablaze.

However, the commission added that documents relating to the ongoing governorship election petitions tribunal in Osun State were not ruined in the attack.