Some election materials have been destroyed following a fire incident at the Independent National Electoral Commission)INEC) office in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC), Adeniran Rahmon Tella, confirmed this in a statement on Friday.
According to Tella, the fire incident occurred at its office located in Ibadan South-East Local Government Area.
He noted that the fire outbreak occurred at around 10:30 am on Friday, January 26.
The REC stated that the cause of the fire was yet to be ascertained but was assumed to have been triggered by a power surge.
He also stated that no life was lost, adding that only logistic materials got burnt.
Tella added that the incident had no effect on the Saki West State Constituency rerun election coming up on February 3, 2024.
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