Thursday 14 November 2013

Fire Guts Police College Staff Quarters Ikeja




The official quarters of Assistant Commissioners of Police (ACP) in charge of Operations at the Lagos Command, Mr Emmanuel Ngwu, was destroyed by fire on Tuesday night.


The fire occurred at the staff Quarters of the Police College in Ikeja, the state capital.

Eyewitnesses, said the fire started about 6:30pm spreading throughout the upper floor of the three bedroom duplex, Quarters 11B. The prompt intervention of the fire service stopped the inferno from spreading to the lower rooms and adjoining buildings.

It was gathered that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed, including Ngwu’s personal belongings.

Fire, it was learnt, have been caused by electrical fault.

When The Nation visited the scene, sympathisers had gathered, consoling Ngwu who took things calmly.

It was learnt that when the fire started the College’s Commandant of Police Yahaya Ardo, immediately contacted. Ardo also supervised the rescue before the fire was put out about 8:45pm.

Though lives were not lost, many valuable properties were burnt. “Oga Ngwu has nothing else, the only thing he has is the cloth on him, all his documents were burnt and even his certificates, now he has to start again, “a source said.

Ngwu declined comment, “I cannot tell you anything now; I just give glory to God.”

The college’s Public Relations Office (PRO), Adesanya Jinadu, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), who was also at the scene, told The Nation that the fire gutted Quarters11B.

“No lives were lost in the fire incident, the upper rooms were affected but due to the prompt intervention of the fire service men, no other building was affected. The commandant of the college was here personally to supervise the efforts.

“Right now, investigations will commence into the cause of the fire incident but now we cannot say specifically the cause.”

The Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Mamman Shafe, visited the scene on Tuesday to console the victims.



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