Arson: INEC Records 50 Attacks In 4 Years

The Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu has said 50 facilities of the Commission in 15 states of the federation have been attacked since 2019.
Yakubu disclosed this while appearing before the House of Representatives ad hoc committee investigating attacks on INEC offices and facilities.
He appealed to the House to classify its facilities as high security facilities across Nigeria lamenting that INEC might not be able to hold election in states where facilities are being repeatedly attacked.
He urged the National Assembly to expedite action to pass the Electoral Offences Commission Bill.
“Any nation that does not penalise offenders is doomed. INEC is saddled with a responsibility that it cannot execute,” Yakubu said.
The analysis of the incidents showed that 15 States out of the 36 States of the Federation have been attacked.
All the South-East States of Ebonyi, Enugu, Abia, Imo and Anambra have been attacked. Others were Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Ondo, Lagos, Ogun, and Osun States.
The type of incidents, according to the report, included banditry-related, post-election violence, Boko Haram, thuggery during elections, EndSARS protest, unknown gunmen and hoodlums.
The nature of the attacks includes arson, 20; vandalisation, 26; arson and vandalization, four.
So far, the report showed that the Commission’s offices were attacked eight times in 2018; 22 attacks in 2020; 12 attacks in 2021, and eight attacks in 2022.
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