Attacks On INEC Offices In Imo Is Politically Motivated – Uzodimma

Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma has criticized the state’s repeated attacks on Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices, calling them “politically orchestrated.”

The governor made the remarks on Monday at the Imo Police Command Headquarters in Owerri, following an attack on the INEC headquarters in the South-East state that resulted in five deaths.

“If we collaborate this with the events of the past, we have continuously said that what is happening in Imo State is politically contrived,” he said while addressing the press after the visit.

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“Some people think that they can win the election yet they don’t want the election. How would they now win?”

Governor Uzodimma termed the attacks as a diversion to the electoral body with less than three months until the general election.

Three of the attackers were slain, and two police officers were also killed in the event.

“The attack affected the part of the building occupied by the Election and Party Monitoring (EPM) Department and one official utility vehicle (a Toyota Hilux pickup van) were burnt,” INEC’s National Commissioner Festus Okoye said in a statement hours after the incident.

“The response of the security and emergency services (the Fire Service) curtailed further damage to the building and other assets of the Commission. No critical election materials were destroyed. There were also no casualties involving staff of the Commission.

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“This is the third attack on the Commission’s facilities in Imo State in less than two weeks following the earlier attacks on our Orlu LGA office on Thursday 1st December 2022 and Oru West LGA office on Sunday 4th December 2022.”

According to INEC, the event occurred as voters began collecting Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) in preparation for the 2023 general election.

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