“OCTOBER 10 GUBER ELECTION DATE FOR ONDO STATE REMAINS SANCROSANCT SAYS INEC”

Inspite of the fire incident that gutted the Ondo State Office of the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC the electoral body on Friday, declared that the inferno would not stop it from conducting the October 10 Governorship election as scheduled.

The fire incident, which occurred at the Computer Section of the office of the Commission on Thursday destroyed some electoral materials, particularly the Card Reader Machines procured for the forth coming election.

The Resident Electoral Commissioner in the State, Ambassador Rufus Akeju who spoke with Journalists at the Commission’s headquarters in Alagbaka, Akure said the election date remained unchanged despite the ugly development.

Akeju who explained that the cause of the inferno was yet unknown, said an investigation was ongoing to unravel the cause of the incident.