The office is the third government building to witness a fire incident in Abuja in just a little over a week.
The head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja was involved in a fire incident on Friday, April 17, 2020.
The agency said the fire outbreak occurred at 11:30 am at a section of the building housing the Election and Party Monitoring Department, and the Media Centre.
In a statement signed by INEC’s spokesperson, Festus Okoye, he said the building is an annex, detached from the main building of the agency’s headquarters located in the Maitama District of the capital city.
“Fire fighters 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),” he said.
Okoye said the fire was extinguished within a short period of time and did not cause any substantial damage to the building apart from office furniture and equipment.
He said the fire incident will not affect INEC’s administrative or technical operations in any way.
“Reports of party primaries and conventions are intact. The campaign finance database is also not affected,” he said.
The cause of the fire is currently unknown but an investigation has commenced, according to Okoye.
INEC’s office is the third government building in Abuja to experience a fire outbreak in the past couple of weeks.
Hmmmm…. these people will not say the truth about what’s really causing all these fire outbreaks. God help us in this country.
Inec office again.. D way fire dey outbreak for Nigeria ehnnn..
It’s fire bender has arrived this country
When there is no format again, what you will hear next is that heavy breeze from my village has flown away with all the money….
this is funny,this country self have tire me
This fire outbreak is too much
Nigerian leaders politicians have u ever heard of this happened in other countries? Na waooo
thiefs
Nigeria aaaaaaaaa
it is only in Nigeria you will hear INEC office got burnt
now they heva got another means to share the money withing them selves.
Hmm
Is this really a fact?
Hmmm, all this fire outbreaks are getting too suspicious
God pls save us from our leaders 🙏
God deliver us
Bad