There was fire outbreak at the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) warehouse located at its Electoral Institute in Abuja on Saturday night.
This is coming just two weeks to the re-scheduled general elections slated for March 28 and April 11.
According to the Director of Security at the Institute, Shettima Ngiladar, the fire gutted election materials that were used in the 2011 general elections.
Conducting journalists round the area on Sunday, Mr. Ngiladar said the fire will not affect the upcoming general elections.
The INEC security chief said: “these are non-sensitive materials that have been banned in the warehouse. You will see it yourself it is not hidden. It something clear, this banned non sensitive materials have nothing to do with the elections.
“They are old materials in store that has not been evacuated. These are old stock of non sensitive materials, like bags, envelopes, election forms which were used in 2011 elections. They won’t be used for 2015 elections. Everything here is non sensitive. Police on ground and security investigation is on.”
As to the financial loss arising from the outbreak he said “I cannot quantify now because they are envelopes and bags. And old used forms for elections. So it is not something I can say how much.”
Mr. Ngiladar added that the fire outbreak was as a result of a surge in electricity after three days of power cut.
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