Following an attack on its officials by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has restrained the ongoing voter registration exercise in Igboeze North Local Council of Enugu State.
The incident happened at the Community Primary School, Umuopu, in Umuozzi Ward 19 of the council. INEC’s National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, announced this in a statement, yesterday, in Abuja.
This comes days after the commission’s office in the same council was set ablaze by hooligans. Although no casualties were recorded, 748 ballot boxes, 240 voting cubicles, and office furniture and tool were destroyed.
According to Okoye, during the current on Wednesday, gunmen fired sporadically into the air to scatter registrants and registration officials. He said one of its staff suffered injuries and is now receiving treatment in an anonymous hospital.
The statement reads: “Despite the raid, the commission was able to continue ward level registration with the assistance of vigilantes provided by the local council authority. It is one of the centers that was attacked.?