By our Reporter
Hoodlums on Thursday set ablaze the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ede, Osun State.
Sources in the area said the fire started at around 10 a.m. after the arsonists, suspected to be political thugs, gained entrance into the building.
The INEC office is situated at the back of Ede South Local Government Secretariat at Oke Iresi.
Ede is the hometown of Ademola Adeleke, governor-elect of the state.
The incident came hours after suspected hoodlums hurled loaves of bread soaked with petrol into the INEC compound in Abeokuta, Ogun State, setting the building on fire.
As in Ogun, the Osun hoodlums also used bread soaked in petrol to ignite the building.
When our reporter visited the scene, it was observed that the fire started from the INEC conference room and affected other parts of the building.
It was gathered that the inferno was about to extend to other offices including a warehouse where sensitive materials were kept when firefighters arrived and put out the fire.
Chairs and tables in the conference room were destroyed by the inferno.
It was learnt that some suspected arsonists ignited the fire with pieces of bread and petrol.