The Council boss, who spoke with Vanguard on phone, over the incident, wondered why the deployment of security personnel to the INEC office couldn’t avert the fire incident.

secured? It took almost an hour for security operatives to gain access to the INEC office.”

Contacted, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Ebonyi State Police Command, SP Chris Anyanwu who confirmed that it was difficult for them (Policemen) to gain access to the office after a distress call was put across, added the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, had commenced investigation into the matter.