The fire outbreak at Independent National Electoral Commission Ondo state headquarter Alagbaka Akure has destroyed 5000 smart card readers for the October 10 governorship election.
It was gathered that the incident happened at exactly 8pm which destroyed the container housing the smart card readers and the Ondo state fire service who arrived at the scene were disappointed as their truck didn’t work.
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Meanwhile, the National Commissioner in charge of Information and voter education, Festus Okoye and the Ondo state Resident Electoral Commissioner Rufus Akeju expressed shock at the incident, although they said it’s a setback for the coming election but also noted that this won’t affect the coming governorship election.
