Nigeria election: Election office burnt down six days before polls Published duration 10 February 2019 Related Topics Nigerian general election 2019

image copyright INEC image caption All voting material in the Qua'an Pan electoral commission office has been destroyed

An office for Nigeria's election commission has been burned down just six days before the country is due to vote in a general election.

The fire in Plateau State has destroyed ballot boxes and voting slips.

The general election is due to be held on Saturday.

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On Sunday President Muhammadu Buhari warned of potential electoral fraud.

"The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has raised concerns over laundered money being funnelled into vote buying ," he said an editorial published in the Pulse newspaper.

He is running for re-election in Saturday's poll where more than 84 million people are registered to vote.