Election: Mob sets INEC office in Imo on fire

An irate mob, on Sunday, set on fire, the Ngor Okpala office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ngor-Okpalla Local Government Area of Imo State.

Apart from burning the office, the mob also beat up a security officer at the office and snatched his phone.

The incident led to a flight  of

As a result of this, all electoral officers fled from the local government area to INEC headquarters in Owerri around 2 pm to continue the collation of results.

The electoral officer were said to have escaped death narrowly.

Meanwhile, collation of results were yet to start at INEC office in Owerri.  Media practitioners and party officers have been at INEC office since 9 am.