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Fire razes down INEC office in Plateau

The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan local government area of Plateau State has been razed down completely by fire

Head of Media, Publicity, and Voters Education of the Commission, Osaretin Imahiyereobo, confirmed the incident to our correspondent .

He lamented that the fire incident has caused a serious setback in the preparations for the general elections in the Local Government Area.

He said, “A drunken security man was said to have caused the fire outbreak. The office is completely burnt with all its contents; ballot boxes, generator sets that have been serviced and filled with fuel, cubicles, newly printed electronic and manual Voters Register, uncollected PVCs, materials for the preparations of RAC and other materials yet to be identified.”

He added that the management team led by the Administrative Secretary, Mr Gbadamasi Rasheed was on the way to assess the situation.

He also said it was too early to suspect any sabotage.

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