UNILAG Fire Outbreak Claims The Life of New Chancellor
There was fire outbreak in the section involving the rooms where the Shehu of Borno delegation lodged in the multi-storey guest house’ building of University of Lagos Guest House in the early hours of Thursday in Lagos. One person has been confirmed dead in the fire incident.
Four rooms were totally burnt involved and a former Auditor General of Borno State and the brother of the Shehu of Borno, Abbah Kyari who came along withothers in the entourage of Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba El-Kanemi who is currently being installed as the Chancellor of the university -was said to have died of suffocation.
A source in the emir’s entourage, who pleaded anonymity, disclosed that the unfortunate fire incident started at about 2 am from one of the rooms in the lodge in what is suspected to be electrical fault.Daily Trust reports that Kyari was one of the delegates in the entourage of Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba El-Kanemi, who is currently being installed as the Chancellor of the University.
“The fire started sometimes at about 2am and there were frantic efforts to douse it unfortunately, the damage has been done as the former Auditor General sustained injuries that eventually claimed his life”, the source told the newspaper.
Meanwhile, the remains of Malam Kyari has been returned to Maiduguri, Borno State for interment by 2pm.
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