Fire guts Accountant-General’s office in Abuja

By our reporter| The Treasury House, the headquarters of the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation was gutted by fire on Wednesday.

The cause of the fire, which started about 10 am, is unknown.

Men of the federal fire service, later joined officials of the national emergency management agency, the Nigeria police force and the Abuja environmental protection board assisted to put out the fire.

The FCT Police Commissioner, CP Bala Ciroma, who briefed newsmen at the scene of the incident, advised motorists to use alternative routes into the area.

Ciroma, who disclosed that parts of the building had been damaged by the incident, said the fire was successfully put out without casualties and that investigation into the cause of the incident had commenced.