Vanguard gathered from a reliable source that aggrieved locals in the area, which is the home town of Governor Gabriel Suswam, razed the office at about 8pm, in protest of last Saturday’s general election results purportedly released by the office.
According to him, “the action may not be unconnected with the said result that INEC released in the area which actually did not go down with the people who are claiming that the result was skewed.”
When contacted, the Public Relations Officer, PRO, of INEC in the state, Mr. Louis Ochai confirmed the development, describing it as unfortunate and deplorable.
Ochai said, “by tomorrow we should be able to get the full details of the unfortunate development, but for now the matter is being handled as a security issue; it is however regrettable.
“We just pray that our sensitive materials were not destroyed in he inferno.” Ochai added.
Attempts to get the Police side of the story failed as the telephone lines of the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Assistsnt Superintendent, ASP, Austin Ezeani were both switched off.
Aggrieved voters, late Sunday night, set ablaze the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Logo Local Government Area of Benue state.
Meanwhile Three adhoc staff of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Benue State were reported to have died, in the course of election duties in the state. The Resident Commissioner of INEC in the state, Prof. Istfanus Dafwang, made this known yesterday while briefing reporters at the state headquarters of INEC in Makurdi.
Prof. Dafwang said the commission also recorded the destruction of its materials at an unnamed location in Guma local government area of the state. He said amongst the dead was a female ad-hoc staff who died on Saturday morning in an accident at Oju local government area, while on her way to her duty post.
“She was being taken by a motorcycle rider to her unit and he was probably over-speeding when the front of the bike apparently pulled off leading to the gahstly accident that claimed her life.
“The other two died Sunday morning in an accident on their way back to Makurdi from Vandeikya where they took part in the conduct of the elections,” he said. Prof. Dafwang, who acknowledged that the exercise went on peacefully across the state, however, called for prayers to ensure that the coming governorship and State Houses of Assembly elections went without hitches.
At the time of this report, collation of results were still ongoing at Makurdi INEC office.
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