By Matthew Tabe
The office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ede South Local Government Area, Osun State, was on Thursday razed down by fire.
QUEST TIMES had reported earlier today (Thursday) that suspected hoodlums had set the Ogun state INEC office at Iyana Mortuary lll in Abeokuta, the state capital, on fire.
The INEC office in Osun is located within the premises of the council area in Oke Iresi, Ede, and firemen were immediately called to the scene.
According to an eyewitness, who preferred not to be named in the press, the early response of firemen from Osun State Fire Service to the scene, restricted the fire to only the conference room of the secretariat.
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He however said the room was completely razed down with furnitures and some other items destroyed in the fire.
It was further learnt that items like knife, slices of bread, a keg containing petrol and a fez cap were recovered from the scene of the fire, raising suspicion of arson.
The Public Relations Officer of Osun State Fire Service, Ibrahim Adekunle, could not be reached for comments as calls did not go through to his line and he had not responded to a text message sent to him as of the time of filing this report.
The Public Relations Officer of Osun INEC, Seun Osimosu, however confirmed the incident, saying: “It is true. REC is on his way to inspect the scene. We will respond appropriately soonest.”
Reacting, the Osun state Chairman of PDP, Dr. Akindele Adekunle, has described the fire incident at INEC Office as a bad thing, saying that he will get back to our Reporter after being fully briefed about the incident.