2023: Elections may not hold in Anambra, as INEC worries over insecurity
Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says the 2023 General Elections may not hold in Anambra against the backdrop of violent attacks at its various offices targeted at polling materials and staff of the commission in the state carried by unknown gunmen.
State Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Elizabeth Agwu, who raised the doubts during a meeting with stakeholders at its Secretariat in Awka, the state capital, also said the purpose of the meeting was about voter education and a review of the security situation in the state prior to the general elections next year.
During the meeting some stakeholders reported that some yet-to-be-identified assailants set ablaze buildings belonging to prominent individuals in the area, including that of a monarch, few days ago.
Remarking, President-General, Osumoghu Community in Nnewi South Local Government Area, Dennis Muomaife, who was at the stakeholders’ meeting informed the participants that two of his buildings were burnt two weeks ago by unknown persons.
“Not only that, the house of the traditional ruler of the community and that of the deputy speaker of the state House of Assembly representing Ihiala 2 constituency were equally set ablaze.”
He also added that his community had set up a peace and reconciliation committee in making sure that such issues were tackled in less than no time.
