Fire guts Customs Western Marine Command office in Lagos

A occurrence outbreak connected Monday gutted the bureau of the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, Western Marine Command successful Apapa, Lagos, destroying spot worthy millions of naira.

The occurrence reportedly started astatine astir 10:23 a.m. pursuing an electrical surge successful the league country earlier spreading to different sections of the building.

Officers connected work made frantic efforts to incorporate the occurrence until officials of the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service arrived astatine astir 10:45 a.m. to assistance with the firefighting operation.

The Deputy Comptroller of Customs, Timothy Jonah, who had conscionable assumed work astatine the command, described the incidental arsenic unfortunate.

“I conscionable resumed work to instrumentality over, lone to witnesser this occurrence outbreak,” Jonah said.

He, however, said the incidental presented an accidental to fortify the command’s operations and information measures.

“Every challenge, though negative, is an accidental to fortify our operations,” helium added.

Jonah said a committee would beryllium constituted to analyse the origin of the fire.

He besides commended the unit connected work for their swift effect and collaboration with the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service.

He assured that measures would beryllium implemented to fortify information protocols and prev...