The Independent National Electoral Commission’s (INEC) office located at Oke-Iresi area of Ede in Ede-South Local Government Area of Osun State, has been set ablaze by hoodlums.
The arsonists carried out the attack in the early hours of Thursday, November 10. A resident of town Taiwo said;
“The prompt intervention of men of fire service stopped the fire from spreading to the hall and other sections of the office.
“Firefighters recovered bread, petrol kegs and fix-cap and knives used by the hoodlums.
“They made petrol bomb to carry out the attack by soaking bread in petrol.
“They really tried by extinguishing the fire. I hope that vital documents of INEC is still safe because the fire gut some offices.”