The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) area office in Katsina-Ala, Benue, was razed by fire in the early hours of Sunday, April 19, NAN reports.
3 weeks later, another INEC office razed by fire in same zone
No sensitive materials were lost to the inferno, according to INEC.
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No sensitive materials were lost to the inferno, according to the Commission.
INEC Public Relations Officer in Benue, Louis Ochai, said the commission had removed sensitive materials, such as card readers, from the building immediately after the elections.
In the past three weeks, two other INEC offices had been razed by in the senatorial zone, the April 19 incident makes it the third.
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The office serves as the commission’s collation centre for the Benue North-East Senatorial District.
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