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JUST IN: FIRE GUTS CBN OFFICE



A fire incident has occurred at the Central Bank of Nigeria’s office in Jos, Plateau State.
According the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, the incident occurred on Tuesday and the fire was said to have gutted part of the building.

Confirming the report, the apex bank tweeted, “Minor fire outbreak at the Jos branch of Central Bank of Nigeria, promptly contained today, April 21, 2020.”

It will be recalled that recently, the headquarters of the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) in Abuja was also gutted by fire. This came days after the office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, also called the Treasury House went up in flames.


In a similar development, on Friday 17 April, 2020, a section of the Independent National Electoral, Commission (INEC) headquarters in Abuja was gutted by fire as well.

The commission spokesman Festus Okoye confirmed this to reporters, stating that the fire affected INEC’s Department of Electoral and Party Monitoring office.

Recall also that in early days of February 2020, the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra was on also gutted by fire.

Confirming the incident to journalists, SP Haruna Mohammed, Police Public Relations Officer in the state command, said “the fire allegedly emanated from the bush burning.

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