The Media Center at the Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, was gutted by fire at the early hours of Friday, April 17.
According to the statement by the INEC National Commissioner and Chairman of its Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, no sensitive item was lost to the fire.
Okoye said:
“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.”
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The INEC Commissioner also disclosed that “the incident will therefore not affect the administrative or technical operations of the commission in any way. Meanwhile, investigation into the cause(s) of the fire incident has commenced.”