Fire razes Ondo INEC Office

Fire has destroyed over 5,000 smart card readers for the October 10 governorship election at the akure headquarters of the independence national electoral commission, INEC

Our correspondent who was at the scene reports that the fire which started around 8pm on Thursday razed the large container housing the card readers as no life was lost to the fire.

Men of the Ondo state fire service who arrived at scene shortly after the fire started were helpless and their fire truck refused to work.

INEC officials including the national commissioner in charge of information and voter education, Festus Okoye and the Ondo state resident electoral commissioner, ambassador Rufus Akeju expressed shock over the incident.

They said though the fire was a set back, it would not affect the forthcoming governorship election.

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