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General News of Friday, 17 April 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

INEC begins investigation into fire outbreak at Abuja headquarters

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The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has said that it has begun an investigation on the fire outbreak at its headquarters in Abuja.

The fire which broke out before noon of Friday was put out by men of the Federal Fire Service who arrived the scene on time to prevent it from causing much damage.

This was disclosed by the spokesperson of the Federal Fire Service, DSF Ugo Huan, who spoke to Saturday Vanguard.

The National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee of INEC, Festus Okoye, revealed that sensitive materials were not destroyed by the fire.

He said; “At 11.30 am today, 17th April 2020, a fire outbreak occurred at a section of the building housing the Election and Party Monitoring Department and the Media Centre. The building is an annex, detached from the main building of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s headquarters.

“Firefighters 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. “Meanwhile, investigation into the cause(s) of the fire incident has commenced”, he added.