The Commandant in charge of Customs Training College, Ikeja, Lagos,Comptroller, Kunle Oyeleke, on Saturday stated that the service would investigate the fire incident which burnt the warehouse containing seized goods.
Oyeleke stated this in an interview with the NAN in Lagos.
reports that the fire destroyed a building housing a warehouse where seized goods worth millions of naira were kept.
Oyeleke told that the raging fire started at 10 p.m. on Friday, adding that the cause of the fire had not been known.
“The building isused for storage of impounded goods by the Federal Operations Unit of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
“We cannot give the cost of properties destroyed by the fire for now, ” Oyeleke stated.
The controller commended the efforts of officers of the Lagos State Fire Service for their quick response in putting off the fire.
reports that the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasaq Fadipe, confirmed that the fire engulfed a building in the training college..
As stated by Fadipe, the upstairs of the building is used for lectures, while the ground floor is used as a warehouse for seized goods.
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