Fire Incident: No going back on Ondo Election – INEC

Olasunkanmi Elujoba

The Independent National Electoral Commission says the October 10 governorship election will hold despite the fire incident that occurred last night.

Ondo state resident electoral commissioner, Ambassador Rufus Akeju said the fire destroyed over 5000 smart card readers.

He said efforts are on to replace the destroyed smart card readers.

Akeju denied claims in some quarters that the fire incident was a ploy to rig the governorship poll.

He explained that investigation is on to unravel the cause of the incident.