{"id":42873,"date":"2021-05-12T17:12:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T17:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?p=42873"},"modified":"2021-05-12T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T15:59:20","slug":"orji-kalu-reacts-to-attack-on-abia-inec-office","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/orji-kalu-reacts-to-attack-on-abia-inec-office","title":{"rendered":"Orji Kalu reacts to attack on Abia INEC office"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\">Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has finally condemned the attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that the INEC office was set ablaze on Sunday by unidentified hoodlums, leaving electoral materials and furniture destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, in a statement issued on Wednesday in Abuja, described the act as undemocratic and uncivilised.<\/p>\n<p>The former governor of Abia State urged law enforcement agencies to commence a full-scale investigation into the attack to identify and bring the perpetrators to book.<\/p>\n<p>He stressed that Nigeria\u2019s growing democracy must be protected for the sake of development.<\/p>\n<p>While calling on the political class to uphold democratic virtues in their endeavours, Kalu emphasised that politics was not a do-or-die affair.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cThe attack on INEC office in Ohafia local government area of Abia state, is needless and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNigeria\u2019s electoral body, INEC, has sustained its leading role in the promotion and sustenance of democratic tenets in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sponsors and perpetrators of the attack are enemies of the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI implore security agencies to fish out the people behind the attack in a bid to forestall recurrence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kalu further urged INEC not to relent in its efforts to sustain the tenets of democracy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief Whip of the Senate, Sen. Orji Kalu, has finally condemned the attack on the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Ohafia Local Government Area (LGA) of Abia. Recall that the INEC office was set ablaze on Sunday by unidentified hoodlums, leaving electoral materials and furniture destroyed. 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