Several card readers were damaged as fire gutted the
head office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC)
in Akure, Thursday.
Men of the Fire Service are on the ground to put out the inferno
which started about 8 pm and gutted the container housing Smart
Card Readers, the electoral body tweeted, Thursday.
“The National Commissioner, Barrister Festus Okoye, who is in
Ondo State in connection with preparations for the Ondo State
Governorship election scheduled for 10th October 2020, rushed to
the office at about 8 pm,” INEC added.
Although the cause of the inferno is yet to be known, Barrister
Okoye assured that an investigation would be carried out to unravel
what triggered the fire.
FIRE AT INEC OFFICE IN AKURE
Fire broke out today, Thursday September 10,2020 at the Ondo
State Head Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission
in Akure. The inferno, which gutted the container housing Smart
Card Readers, started at pic.twitter.com/XuXh2j9WON— INEC Nigeria (@inecnigeria) September 10, 2020
Some staff of the Commission and the Administrative Secretary of
the State, Mr Popoola were also at the INEC office.
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No Face Masks, No Voting
INEC had earlier said it is leaving no stone unturned to ensure
the safety of voters in the election and has rolled out a no face
masks, no voting policy as Nigeria battles COVID-19.
“It is mandatory for every voter to wear a face mask or face
covering without which the voter would not be allowed to vote,” the
Chairman of the electoral body, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, said at
the briefing of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 in
Abuja Thursday.
The INEC boss while giving insight into the nature of face masks
voters are expected to wear during the elections, said the
electorates do not need surgical masks to cast their ballots.
He explained that “a face covering will be sufficient for a
voter to be accredited to vote.”
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