ome suspected hoodlums, in the early hours of today, burnt an office of the Independent National Electoral Commission at Iyana Mortuary lll in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital.
It was gathered that the hoodlums, numbering about eight reportedly scaled the perimeter fence, jumped into the premises and set the INEC building on fire from the back.
Reports say the hoodlums after invading the premises, soaked loaves of bread with petrol and threw it into the building at different angles to light up the INEC office.
It was further gathered that a security guard at the facility identified as Azeez Hamzat, made a distress call to the police around 1am alerting them of the fire incident.
The police from Ibara division reportedly mobilised detectives to the scene and later contacted men of fire service in the state , who raced to the scene to put out the fire.
When contacted, the Ogun INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Niyi Ijalaye confirmed the incident, describing it as shocking. The REC said the situation was still being assessed.
However, information gathered that the store, the Registration Area Officer’s office, and the conference room were affected by the inferno. It added that non-sensitive materials were also affected by the fire.
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