By Sehubo Festus
Fire guts Supreme Court of Nigeria, Abuja. A section of the Supreme Court has caught fire. According to our source, the fire engulfed a section of the Supreme Court’s judges’ chamber.
Mr Festus Akande the Public Relations Officer for the supreme court, while speaking to Channels Television on a telephone call in the early hours of Monday morning says the cause of the fire was electrical from one of the Chambers of the Justices and was put out immediately with the use of fire extinguishers.
He also debunked the rumors circulating on social media that there were casualties in the incident, describing them as “fake news”.
A source who preferred anonymity said the fire started around 6 a.m. on Monday morning and was noticed by the cleaners and some of the workers who resumed work early raised the alarm. The source said that three offices were affected by the fire, including that of Justice Mohammed Saulawa.
The Supreme Court is the apex court in Nigeria and has 20 justices, headed by the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad.