Fire guts INEC building in Abuja

There was a fire outbreak on yesterday morning at the Annex Building of the Independent National Electoral Commission headquarters in Abuja.

The incident, which was said to have started around 9.30am when most workers were already on duty, badly affected the office of the Director of Voter Registry at the Information, Communication and Technology section of the commission.

Director of Public Affairs of INEC, Mr. Emmanuel Umenger, said that there was no cause for alarm as the fire did not affect the data base containing information on voter registration carried out across the country. According to him, the fire did not spread as it started and ended in the affected office.