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Fire guts a section of ECOWAS Secretariat in Abuja

By Uchechi Ojo August 5, 2020393 views

A section of the Economic Community of West African States, ECOWAS, Secretariat in Asokoro Abuja was on Tuesday night gutted by fire.

The cause of the fire was not immediately ascertained, but firefighters from the Federal Fire Service rushed to the scene immediately and were able to prevent it from spreading to other floors as reports gathered that the inferno affected one of the floors housing the Finance and Accounts department in the Secretariat.

The spokesperson of the Federal Fire Service did not make any statement as regards the extent of the damage.

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