BREAKING: 30 Days To Ondo Election, Fire Razes Ondo INEC Headquarters [VIDEO]—-Barely one month to #OndoDecides 2020, the Ondo State independent national electoral commission (INEC) headquarters was reportedly razed by fire.
The Genius Media reports that the inferno, which gutted the container housing Smart Card Readers, destroyed over 5000 card readers.
Recall that this development comes just 30 days to gubernatorial elections in the state which is scheduled to hold October 10.
As at the time of filling this report, the cause of the fire outbreak is not known while thefire is still raging as at 8:55pm on Thursday.
The inferno which was noticed around 7:03pm affected the ICT unit of theINEC.
FIRE AT INEC OFFICE IN AKURE
Fire broke out today, Thursday September 10,2020 at the Ondo State Head Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission in Akure. The inferno, which gutted the container housing Smart Card Readers, started at pic.twitter.com/XuXh2j9WON
— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) September 10, 2020
According to report, the officials of INEC were said to have contacted thefire station which is less than 500 meters to the INECoffice but with no response
INEC office in Akure, Ondo State on fire pic.twitter.com/V4hCK7Mp5j
— Olúyẹmí Fásípè AICMC (@YemieFash) September 10, 2020
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