The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) stated it suffered extensive damages at its offices across the states during the attack that trailed the EndSARS protests.

The commission said its offices and facilities were vandalized and the damages were felt in ar­eas where bye-elections has been scheduled.

INEC National Commis­sioner and Chairman Infor­mation and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, made this known in a statement, according to Independent.

He noted that the commis­sion will, as a result, have to consult stakeholders before agreeing on a specific date for the bye-elections.

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The statement reads: ''Consequently, the com­mission will consult with po­litical parties and civil society organisations on Tuesday, No­vember 10, 2020 and then with the media and Inter-Agency Consultative Committee on Election Security (ICCES) on Wednesday, November 11, 2020.''

''The commission will thereafter meet again with the Resident Electoral Com­missioners on Thursday, No­vember 12, 2020 to decide on a date for the conduct of the bye-elections.”

It would be recalled that the commis­sion had at its meeting with Resident Electoral Commis­sioners (RECs) suspended the bye-elections indefinitely because of the security situa­tion in the country at the time, promising to review same af­ter two weeks.