There was fire yesterday at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Lagos complex.
The dusk fire affected the administrative offices on the third floor. In the course of battling the fire, on the third floor, a fire service official collapsed, no thanks to suffocation.
According to National Emergency Management Agency’s (NEMA) Southwest spokesman, Ibrahim Farinloye, the yet-to-be identified fireman was rescued and rushed to the hospital.
Farinloye said nobody died, adding that the Lagos State Fire Service personnel were on ground on time to contain the situation.
Lagos fire service Director, Rasaq Fadipe, said his men were clamping down the offices and breaking the windows and doors to check for any small fire that might not have been put off.
In a statement last night by Isaac Okorofor, the CBN said:”The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) wishes to inform its stakeholders and the general public that a fire incident occurred at its Lagos Branch Office at about 5:30 this evening (Tuesday, March 25, 2014).
“The fire, which occurred on the first floor of the building, has been put out by a combined team of fighters from the CBN and other institutions.
“We wish to assure our numerous stakeholders that the records of the Bank are intact, as the Bank has an effective backup of all its records, as part of our disaster recovery infrastructure”
Two photojournalists with the National Mirror Newspapers, Yinka Adeparusi and Samuel Adetimehin, were yesterday brutalised and had their cameras vandalised and confiscated by men of the Nigeria Police Force at the scene of the fire.
Both photojournalists were ordered to surrender their cameras were beaten.
Adeparusi was later whisked to the Area ‘A’ Police Station where he was detained before he was released later.
Adetimehin, who was the first to be attacked was left to writhe in pain after he had received punches from the policemen.
The two photographers have been placed under medical care.
important documents have been burnt to falsify the 20billion
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ReplyDeleteSanusi@work when they no jail is coming on the way
ReplyDeleteOh...may God deliever some of us from shortsightedness or should i say overzealousness....
ReplyDeleteLets moderate our comments please...speculations are really not healthy for this country no matter on which platform we have to make our points known.
FOI bill have not been repealed or abrogated as it were...you can get verifiable facts to support what ever you say in public...
Did you just say verifiable fact? Why were the two journalists rough handled and their camera destroyed?
ReplyDeleteIn a country like nigeria where d illiteracy level is high n getting higher,u shouls espect morally bankrupted pple running their mouth.d phone on them is d only good thing in their lives,so they try to pretend they've achieved something in their lives making comments that shows their stupidity.
ReplyDeleteNa dem sabi,dem knw watin happen for the office,goodluck is d father of corruption,nigerians with way out of excuses.y dem no die with the building,foolish police dep beat camera men so dem no go show how dem dey thief for the place.pen thief..
ReplyDeleteHe b like say dis anonymous 3.32 no b nigerian, cos if u are one u will know wat is behind dis fire.
ReplyDeletePolice what? see this milipides am even piting on wat dr going through in the hands of the soldiers,now leashing dr anger on d journalist carrying out official duties, nawah 4dis country.
ReplyDeleteSanusi at work, no be only am chop the billion. the big Cat when em handover give dey part of the people when shear the money too. naija dey no go fit cash una. Who sa una no sabi work. abe no be person when e- work dey chop.
ReplyDeleteThis kind grammar we don tire for them. that is why you are still in thesame position since you left university. Change youmentality, your thinking altitude and learn from people
ReplyDeleteThe reasons behind most of these irrational comments are ethnic and religion sentiment,poverty.these r beclouded pple that they cannt say the truth or do what is right.this is bad for this country.corruption is high in this country,they keep looting billions everyday nd Gov. Keep borrowing .economy is dying nd unemployment rate is alarming.Security challenge is as result of corruption.let us put politics,religion and ethnicity behind us nd let us suggest good solutions to our problem.bcus if this country continues like the way it is ,the ship of this country wl just vanish.
ReplyDeleteSanusi the criminal at work! burning down evidence. hehehehehehe
ReplyDeleteAs many documents you burn in the fire cannot hide the from God. I am sure Central Bank has an update data system; so if cover it from man man, as many as you involved , you had better find out from those who did it before where it landed them. Know you all will be rewarded!
ReplyDeletewhich floor did the fire actually took place, third or first? and why would the Nigerian police arrest an innocent reporters who are doing their legitimate duties, some times I wonder what the Nigerian police represent.
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