Update – How early morning fire engulfed NIPOST corporate HQ
The Corporate Headquarters of the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST), situated in Garki 2, Abuja was early on Wednesday engulfed in flames.
The General Manager, Communications, Mr Franklin Alao, confirmed this incident in a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja.
According to him, the fire started from the second floor and fire fighters battled to put out the fire before it wreaked much havoc.
”It started as a smoke from the human resources department on the second floor just as we resumed work to continue our services this morning around 8 am.
”But the fire service was quickly called in and the fire fighters have put out the fire, there was no casualty.
”We are awaiting the report as to the cause of the fire,” he said.
Alao said that NIPOST officials had been undaunted and unrelenting in the distribution of palliatives and payment solutions across the country in the face of current COVID-19 global challenge.
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An eyewitness, Mr Adamu Bala, had said that he drew the attention of the security officers guarding the building when he saw smoke coming from the back of the building.
The security then alerted some officers who invited the Federal Capital territory Fire Service personnel who put out the inferno which had already attracted a large crowd at the busy Garki 2.
NIPOST is a government-owned establishment responsible for providing postal services in Nigeria.
Speaking the General Manager, Communications, Mr Franklin Alao on Wednesday said the organisation would continue to discharge its responsibilities to the populace in spite of the inferno at its corporate headquarters on Wednesday morning.
Recall that the head office of NIPOST in Garki 2 was engulfed in flames in the early hours of Wednesday causing chaos for some hours in the busy area of Abuja.
According to Alao, Nigerians rely on the organisation for many services even as NIPOST is engaged with the distribution of palliatives to the citizens bugged down by the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown in the country.
He said, however, that the organisation was awaiting the report on cause of the fire outbreak that engulfed its HQ in the morning.
He gave gratitude to God that there was no causality as the fire service was quick to come and put out the fire immediately it received the distress call.
”The fire started from the second floor and firefighters had put out the fire.
”It started as a smoke from the human resource department on the second floor just as we resumed work to continue our services this morning around 8am.
”But the fire service was quickly called in and the personnel have put out the fire, there was no casualty.
”We are awaiting the report as to the cause of the fire,” he said.
NIPOST headquarters, located at Garki 2 of the FCT, is a government-owned establishment responsible for providing postal services in Nigeria. (NAN)
