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Fire Gut Aso Rock, Nigeria’s Presidential Villa
On Thursday, fire gut Aso Rock, Nigeria’s Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
NewsOne Nigeria reports that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in a terse statement, describing the incident as minor.
Shehu, who attributed the fire incident to an electrical spark, added that the incident was recorded Thursday afternoon at a store near the State House Chapel in the Presidential Villa.
His words: “The incident, linked to an electrical spark, was immediately brought under control by alert staff using available fire extinguishers well ahead of the arrival of the Federal Fire Service trucks stationed just outside the premises.” “Luckily, no injury or serious damage was recorded,” he said.
