There was a fire outbreak at the national headquarters of the
Independent National Electoral Commission in Abuja on Monday.
An official of the commission, who witnessed the fire incident,
told our correspondent that the fire started from a spark from an air
conditioner in the office of the personal assistant to the chairman of the
commission.
The fire, which started around 12:10pm, was said to have burnt
the curtain in the office of the PA to the chairman but was put out before it
could do a severe damage.
The INEC source said that the men of the fire service unit of
the commission acted swiftly to put out the fire within five minutes.
The National Chairman of INEC in charge of the South-West,
Solomon Soyebi, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in a text message
