INEC Office Gutted By Fire In Rivers State

Reports have emerged that the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Bori, headquarters of Khana local Government Area and the ancestral headquarters of the Ogoni people has been set ablaze by unknown persons.

This is coming barely a week to the commencement of the July 30 rerun election in Rivers State.

Bori is in Ogoniland – an area which is key to the rerun election for Rivers East senatorial district scheduled for next Saturday.

Although information on the incident remains scanty, it was gathered that the fire started in the early hours of Friday morning.