Fire guts NPA headquarters

By SODIQ OYELEKE

A section of the headquarters of the Nigerian Ports Authority was gutted by fire on Wednesday.

This is coming 11 months after property worth billions of naira were destroyed after protesters set the NPA headquarters on fire during #EndSARS protest in October 2020.

It was learnt that the early Wednesday fire was caused by an electrical surge.

According to eyewitnesses, the fire incident affected business activities at NPA offie.

General Manager, Corporate and Strategic Communications, Mr Olaseni Alakija, confirmed the incident, saying the fire only affected a wing of NPA’s headquarters.

He explained, in a statement, that the fire incident affected three offices on the sixth floor of the Broad Street wing of NPA headquarters.

He said, “In the early hours of Wednesday 22nd September, 2021 a fire incident suspected to have been triggered by an electrical surge affected three offices on the sixth floor of the Broad Street wing of the Nigerian Ports Authority Headquarters.

“Operatives of the NPA Fire Service Department immediately mobilized to the scene and promptly contained the fire.

“In line with safety protocols, the affected floor has since been cordoned off and investigations are ongoing to ascertain the actual cause of the fire.

“The fire affected one office where two desk tops, tables, chairs and other furniture were lost. Two other adjoining offices were affected by smoke and soot.”

Alakija assured Nigerians that sensitive documents were not lost. (The PUNCH)