NP few than 65,699 uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) were destroyed by hoodlums who attacked two of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) offices in Ogun and Osun states.
INEC stated this on Thursday in a statement signed by its Chairman, INEC Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye.
According to him, 904 ballot boxes, 29 voting cubicles, 30 megaphones, 57 election bags, and eight electric power generators were also destroyed by the unscrupulous elements.
The attacks occurred separately at the commission’s offices in Abeokuta South Local Government Area of Ogun State and the Ede South Local Government Area Of Osun State.
Okoye said both incidents occurred in the early hours of Thursday, noting that while the entire building of its Abeokuta office was set ablaze, a portion of its Ede office was burnt.