Femi Ashekun/
The Media Centre of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire.
This is coming two days after the Corporate Affairs Commission headquarters in Abuja, went up in flames.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the fire mostly affected the office of INEC’s Director of Voter Registry, Emmanuel Akem.
INEC said in a statement that “the fire started at about 10.30am and was quickly put out by a combined team of firefighters from the Federal Fire Service and the FCT Fire Service; assisted by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency”.
“Apart from office equipment and the personal effects of the Voter Registry Director which were lost to the fire incident, the operational capacity of the commission has not in any way been affected,” it added.
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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