Fire Guts INEC Office In Abuja
We gathered that the incident affected the office of INEC’s Director of Voter
Registry, Emmanuel Akem.
Days after the
Corporate Affairs Commission headquarters in Maitama, Abuja, went up in flames,
the Media Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission also in Abuja
has been gutted by fire.
SaharaReporters
gathered that the incident affected the office of INEC’s Director of Voter
Registry, Emmanuel Akem.
INEC said, “The fire
started at about 10:30am and was quickly put out by a combined team of
firefighters from the Federal Fire Service and the FCT Fire Service; assisted
by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency.
“Apart from office
equipment and the personal effects of the Voter Registry Director which were
lost to the fire incident, the operational capacity of the commission has not
in any way been affected.”
The cause of the
fire is being investigated and expected to be made public in due course.
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