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From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
The Supreme Court has said the fire incident that occured in the early hours of Monday will not affect the presidential election petitions filed by the candidates of the peoples Democratic Party(PDP), Atiku Abubakar and the Labour Party(LP) Peter Obi as ot has no links whatsoever with the petitions.
The Director of Press and Information, Dr. Festus Akande made the clarification during an interview on Arise TV on Monday.
A portion of the Supreme Court was on Monday engulfed by fire affecting bout three offices, including that of Justice Ibrahim Saulawa.
The incident according to court officials was caused by electrical fault.
But speaking on the TV programme, Akande, stated that the fire outbreak won’t affect anything in the court.
He said: “As a matter of fact, there’s no single connection, and it won’t affect anything in the court.
“This incident occurred in a chamber equipped with a computer and other equipment, as well as a functional library used by any justice occupying such chamber.
“The only thing that was affected were the books and computer equipment in the chamber. Even the books are replaceable.
“Also, it has nothing to do with it because it was from an electrical fault, which could happen anywhere, and there are things that happen daily.”
