Following the attack on its staff in the area, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has suspended Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) at the ward level in Enugu State’s Igboeze North Local Government Area.
Festus Okoye, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of the Information and Voter Education Committee, stated this in a statement made in Abuja on Thursday.
The Community Primary School Umuopu, located in Umuozzi Ward 19 of Igboeze North Local Government Area, was the scene of an attack by gunmen at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, according to Mr. Jude Okwuonu, INEC Administrative Secretary in Enugu State, who was speaking to Okoye.
To disperse registrants and registration officials, the gunmen intermittently fired into the air. One of our employees was hurt in the subsequent stampede and is currently receiving medical attention in a hospital.
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“However, two voting machines and staff members’ belongings, including mobile phones, were stolen.
Igboeze North voter registration at the ward level is hereby suspended, Okoye declared.
He recalled that on July 3, unknown assailants burned down the INEC office in the Igboeze North Local Government Area.
It is one of the centres that has now been attacked, Okoye said, adding that despite the attack, the INEC was still able to carry out ward level registration with the help of vigilantes provided by the local government authority.
The incident had been reported to the police, according to Okoye, who said they were looking into it.
