The Independent National Electoral Commission's (INEC) warehouse located at its Electoral Institute along Airport Road, Abuja was gutted by fire at the about 11 p.m. on Saturday and put out at about 2 a.m. on Sunday.
Fears among the electorates that 2015 electoral materials might have been affected were cleared by INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity Mr. Wole Osaze Uzzi, who said that the fire that engulfed a part of the Electoral Institute of the INEC, will not affect the general elections.
Fears among the electorates that 2015 electoral materials might have been affected were cleared by INEC’s Director of Voter Education and Publicity Mr. Wole Osaze Uzzi, who said that the fire that engulfed a part of the Electoral Institute of the INEC, will not affect the general elections.
He said: “None of the sensitive electoral materials for the presidential and National Assembly elections and the governorship and state assembly elections was affected.”In his explanation of what must have caused the fire incident, the Electoral Institute’s Director of Security, Shettima Ngiladar, said the fire was caused by an electric surge.
“These
are non-sensitive materials that have been banned in the warehouse. You
will see it yourself, it is not hidden,” he said.
“It is something clear, this banned non-sensitive materials have nothing to do with the (March 28 and April 11) elections. They are old materials in store that have not been evacuated. These are old stock of non sensitive materials, like bags, envelopes, election forms which were used in 2011. They won’t be used for 2015 elections. Everything here is non-sensitive. Police are on ground and security investigation is on.” he added.Photo Credit: Nationonline
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