ON-THE-SPOT INVESTIGATION OF THE ANAMBRA INEC OFFICE FIRE OUTBREAK BY THE FEDERAL COMMISSIONER , PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION , PRINCE SAMBEN NWOSU (KSC)

ON-THE-SPOT INVESTIGATION OF THE ANAMBRA INEC OFFICE FIRE OUTBREAK BY THE FEDERAL COMMISSIONER, PUBLIC COMPLAINTS COMMISSION, PRINCE SAMBEN NWOSU (KSC)

Yesterday being  13th February 2019, the Federal Commissioner Public Complaints Commission, Anambra State made an on the spot investigation at the Anambra INEC Office where there was a fire outbreak on 12th February 2019. The OMBUDSMAN was welcomed on arrival with his investigation team by the Anambra INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Nkwachukwu Orji

Prince Samben enquired the cause of the inferno of which the INEC REC explained that the fire outbreak started around 2:11 pm while he was in a crucial meeting with Stakeholders while the second fire outbreak occurred around 10:50 pm. The fire burnt down election Materials especially the smart card readers which were inside two 40feet containers. The burnt smart card readers which were set to be used for election were 4,695 and 1,118 which were kept for reserve. Dr. Orji said that the cause of the fire incident was an electrical fault from the Air Conditioners in the said 40feet containers.

The OMBUDSMAN asked if the election will still hold in Anambra with this incident on the ground and how credible will it be if at all it will hold. Dr. Orji was able to convince the Federal Commissioner that there is no cause for alarm since the election will still hold. He said that smart card readers will come from the reserves from different States of the Federation of which most of them have already arrived and are being configured for optimum performance while the remaining ones are being expected from Abuja. He assured the OMBUDSMAN that the Card readers will function effectively and that eligible voters should come out en masse to cast their votes.

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Prince Samben, while commiserating with INEC, appealed to the INEC REC to be vigilant so as to forestall future occurrence and ensure that there transparency in the forthcoming election. It is noteworthy that this on the spot investigation of the OMBUDSMAN is to ensure that there is credibility in the forthcoming election which has gone a long way to douse the political tension in the State since this accidental fire outbreak.