Fire Outbreak Rocks INEC Headquarters In Abuja....

There was a fire outbreak at the National Headquarters of the Indepedent 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 the air conditioner in the office of the Personal Assistant to the Chairman.

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 staff 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.

He said, “There was a fire outbreak in INEC in the office of the PA to the Chairman. It was caused by an electrical fault from an Air Conditioner.

“It has been brought under control by men of the fire service.”

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