The Nigerian Independent National Electoral Commission’s Electoral Institute in Abuja was said to have been gutted by fire Saturday March 13th, according to news reports. While conducting newsmen around the burnt down warehouse, the Director of Security, Mr. Shettima Ngilladar, said that the materials affected by the fire are not related to the upcoming March 28th election but are those used in the 2011 general election.
In his words; "There was no power and when power was restored and the alarm was heard, security men and the in-house fire fighting men started going round until they discovered smoke coming from the warehouse where we keep our non-sensitive materials. So, they battled to gain access to the fire to quench it. It started about 11pm and by 2am they were able to put out the fire. Aside our in-house firemen, firemen from FCT Garki and even the NNPC fire service came. But when they came, the fire was already under control. All these people rallied round to help.
"These are non-sensitive materials that have been banned in the warehouse. You will see it yourself. It is not hidden. It is something clear, these banned non-sensitive materials have nothing to do with the elections. They are old materials in store that have not been evacuated. These are old stock of non-sensitive materials, like bags, envelopes, election forms which were used in the 2011 elections. They won’t be used for the 2015 elections. Everything here is non-sensitive.” he said
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