{"id":30992,"date":"2020-09-11T13:15:59","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=30992"},"modified":"2020-09-11T13:16:07","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T13:16:07","slug":"fire-incident-at-ondo-headquarters-a-set-back-inec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=30992","title":{"rendered":"Fire incident at Ondo headquarters a set back \u2014INEC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/image145.jpeg\" alt=\"Fire incident at Ondo headquarters a set back \u2014INEC\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has reacted to the fire incident that razed its headquarters in Akure, the Ondo State capital on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement issued yesterday evening,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/fire-razes-inec-office-in-ondo-destroys-smart-card-readers-others\/\">Prof. Festus Okoye<\/a>, the INEC National Commissioner in charge of Information and Voter Education expressed shock at the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He described the fire incident as a setback, but noted that it would not affect the conduct of the governorship election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn investigation would be carried out to ascertain the cause of the incident,\u201d Prof. Okoye informed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to reports, the fire destroyed no fewer than 5,000 card readers meant for the Oct. 10 governorship election in Ondo State. 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