The Independent National
Electoral Commission (INEC) says nothing sensitive was destroyed in the fire
outbreak at its head office earlier on Friday.
In a statement,
Festus Okoye, INEC’s chairman of information and voter education, said only
some furniture and equipment were destroyed.
Okoye said the
incident will not affect the operations of the commission in any way.
“At 11.30am today,
17. April 2020, a fire outbreak occurred at a section of the building housing
the Election and Party Monitoring Department and the Media Centre,” he said.
“The building is an
annex, detached from the main building of the Independent National Electoral
Commission’s headquarters.
“Fire fighters
attached to the Commission swiftly responded to contain the inferno and they
were later joined by their colleagues from the Federal Fire Service
headquarters in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“The fire was
extinguished within a short period of time and did not cause any substantial
damage to the building.
“Apart from some
office furniture and equipment, nothing sensitive was destroyed. Reports of
party primaries and conventions are intact. The campaign finance database is
also not affected.
“The incident will
therefore not affect the administrative or technical operations of the
Commission in any way.”
Okoye said
investigation into the cause of the fire incident has commenced.
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