Following the fire outbreak at the Supreme Court complex on Monday morning, its spokesperson, Dr. Festus Akande, clarified that only one chamber of the building was affected.
Akande disclosed this on Arise News Channel’s ‘The Morning Show’ shortly after the fire was put out by the Court’s Fire Service Department.
The Supreme Court Public Relations Officer noted that the cause of the fire was electrical from one of the Chambers of Justices and was put out with the use of fire extinguishers.
Akande added that the stories making the rounds on social media that there are casualties are “fake news”.
According to reports, the cleaners on duty and some of the workers who resumed work early detected the fire and raised the alarm.
The workers were said to have used the fire extinguishers in the building to combat the fire.
The fire affected three offices, including that of Justice Mohammed Saulawa.