The office of the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of
Plateau State has been engulfed by fire.
This is coming less than one week
to the 2019 presidential election.
Plateau State INEC Head of
Department, Voter Education and Publicity, Osaretin Imahiyereobo, confirmed the
incident to Daily Trust in a statement on Sunday.
It was gathered that the incident
was caused by a drunken security man.
Imahiyereobo described the
incident as a setback for the preparations for the general elections in the
Local Government Area.
The statement read: “The INEC
office is completely burnt with all its content i.e Ballot Boxes, Generators
serviced and filled with fuel, cubicles, newly printed electronic and manual
Voters Register, uncollected PVCs, materials for the preparations of RAC and
other materials yet to be identified.
“The management team led by the
Administrative Secretary, Gbadamasi Rasheed are on their way to assess the
situation.”
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