Election materials including ballot boxes, generators, cubicles, newly printed electronic and manual voters register, uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) were destroyed yesterday when fire razed the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’anpan local government area of Plateau State.
INEC’s head, voter education and publicity, Mr. Osaretin Imahiyereobo said in an interview in Abuja that the incident was caused by the security man on duty.
“It is true that our office in Qua’anpan has been gutted by fire caused by the negligence of a security man on duty who didn’t know how to operate the generator but wanted to put it on.
“The office is completely burnt to ashes with all the valuables in it destroyed
“Items such as ballot boxes, generators filled with fuel, cubicles, newly printed electronic and manual voters register, uncollected Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs), materials for the preparations of RAC and other valuable materials were affected,” he said.
