INEC Worries about effects of Arson on Future Elections

20 May INEC Worries about effects of Arson on Future Elections

Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, yesterday expressed concern about the frequency of arson attack on its facilities, especially in the South-east, warning that it might compromise the commission’s ability to conduct hitch-free elections in future.

The number of INEC’s facilities torched in recent months rose to 23 yesterday as hoodlums set ablaze two of the commission’s offices in Ebonyi State.

Yakubu, at a meeting yesterday in Abuja with the Resident Electoral Commissioners (REC) from the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), said event in the recent past like the burning of the offices and damage to the INEC property would endanger the conduct of elections in the country.