Breaking News: Suspected hooligans crush INEC office, appointive materials with explosives in Akwa Ibom

A segment of the workplace of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Ibesikpo-Asutan Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State has been pulverized with the utilization of explosives by presumed hooligans.

Our journalist who visited the scene at 1.30pm on Friday saw that appointive materials had been singed in the influenced workplaces in the building, however the commission's Resident Electoral Commissioner in the state, Mr Mike Igini, said touchy materials implied for the lead of the race on Saturday were not demolished.

Igini, who had prior examined the degree of harm, noticed that races would go on unhindered in the nearby government region.

"A few materials were singed, yet no touchy material was influenced despite the fact that they utilized explosives to obliterate the building, decisions will hold in the zone," he said.

Security agents had cordoned the workplace and banned writers from taking pictures.

An observer, Moses Ekpo, said the consuming was completed by five gangsters at 2.50am on Friday.

"The punks numbering around five came in dull dresses and tossed in something into the building and next thing I saw was fire," he said.

He said non-delicate materials, for example, INEC boxes and different reports were scorched.

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