Fire again at INEC

AN early morning fire on Monday ravaged the Voter Registry Department of the Independent National Electoral Commission, destroying some equipment.

But the electoral body has said that the fire would not have any negative impact on coming elections.

“The fire outbreak has no effect on the oncoming elections as no data was affected,” Director (Public Affairs) of the INEC, Mr. Emmanuel Umenger, told journalists in Abuja on Monday.

While the fire that started at 9.00am and raged for over 30 minutes affected the VRD, INEC said no vital document of the commission was consumed.

The Commission’s Director of Information and Communications Technology, Chidi Nwafor, who also confirmed the incident said, “Our data, sensitive data system, and our saver where all the data and operations are kept are intact; nothing has been damaged, we are still investigating. It is just that office and some office equipment were burnt.”

Also, no life was lost to the fire that was eventually extinguished by personnel from the Federal Fire Service and the National Emergency Management Agency.