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Election materials for the presidential and National Assembly elections
slated for Saturday, February 16, 2019, have been destroyed by fire at the
office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an
Pan Local Government Area in Plateau State.
office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Qua’an
Pan Local Government Area in Plateau State.
The incident occurred on Saturday night.
Ballot boxes, generators, electronic and manual voter registers,
uncollected Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs), among other materials were burnt
beyond recognition.
The security guard, who was expected to raise the alarm, was said to be
drunk at the time of the incident.