The Police Command in Ebonyi has arrested a security guard over the fire incident that gutted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Izzi Local Government Area on Sunday.<\/p>\n
SP Chris Anyanwu, Spokesman of the Command in a statement on Wednesday in Abakaliki, said the suspect is a staff of the commission.<\/p>\n
He said that the suspect was in possession of the keys to the building as at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWitnesses including police personnel were invited to make statements.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fire incident was reported to the Mobile Policemen on duty by one Nwebe Emmanuel, a retired security staff of INEC who was in his farm at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mobile policemen in turn alerted the Divisional Police Officer at Izzi who then reported the situation to the Commissioner of Police.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe assessment conducted indicated that the fire emanated from inside the INEC office building.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was no perceived external attack on the property; the two civilian security staff posted to the premises were not on their duty post,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to him, investigation confirmed that there was no electric power supply that would have triggered the fire, and the building had no fire-fighting tools.<\/p>\n
Anyanwu urged members of the public with information on the possible cause of the fire to assist the police, as investigation continues.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also advise that INEC offices across states of the federation be installed with solar-powered CCTV cameras and fire-fighting tools,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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