SAN FRANCISCO, November 19, (THEWILL) –Â Men of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office Monday successfully subdued the inferno that almost razed down the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the Service was alerted of the Fire by the Incident Duty Officer of the Commission, Kayode Oyetunde at 1910 hours.
An EFCC statement said the fire started at the former newsroom which now serves as storage for ICT equipment that were retrieved from the Commission former offices scattered across the Capital City. The former newsroom is domiciled in the two Storey Costa Hall which was commissioned by Dr. Antonio Maria Costa on 13th November 2007. The building currently houses the Data Centre and the Combined Inter Agency Task Force.
When asked what could have caused the fire, Mr. Onyekachi said, “Our duty is to put off the fire; that we have successfully done. There is another department that will come and ascertain the cause of the fire”, he explained.
There was no information on the cause of the fire as at the time of writing this report.
