The Ogun State police has offered N2.5million to any individual with useful information about the hoodlums that razed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abeokuta South Local Government.
The INEC office was set ablaze by hoodlums who sneaked into the premises in the dead of the night with loaves of bread soaked in petrol, which they threw into different parts of the building before setting it on fire.
In the attack, over 600,000 permanent voters’ cards were burnt, including voting cubicles, ballot boxes and others.
In a statement released on Monday Dec 5, the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, stated that the state Commissioner of Police, CP Lanre Bankole, has since directed the State Criminal Investigation Departments of the Command, to commence an investigation, with the view to unravel the arsonists behind the devilish act.
”In furtherance to the directive to get to the root of the matter, and bring the perpetrators to justice the Command has resolved to reward anybody with credible information that will lead to the arrest of the perpetrators with the sum of #2.5 million.
“In view of this, any member of the public with useful information that will assist the command should come forward, and be rest assured that such information will be treated with utmost confidentiality.” the spokesperson said
