INEC<\/a> office, which was situated in the Kaura Namoda Local Government Area, around 9pm on Monday.<\/p>\nFirefighters could not extinguish the fire when they arrived at the scene in time to save the office due to lack of water in their firetruck.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, INEC authorities in the region and the national level are yet to issue an official statement regarding the incident.<\/p>\n
The Zamfara State Police Command are also yet to confirm the incident.<\/p>\n
So far, there is no report of any casualty from the incident.<\/p>\n
Details later\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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