THE private residence of the Minister of State of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, located at Asokoro, was on Sunday gutted by fire.
Both the minister’s aide, Austine Elemue and the Acting Director of the FCT Fire Service, Amiola Adebayo, confirmed the incident.
Austine Elemue explained that the incident occurred at 10:30 am on Sunday, and the fire razed the first floor of the duplex damaging a major part of the property but no harm was recorded by the occupants.
On his part, Adebayo stated that the first floor of the building was completely razed by the fire.
Though the cause of the fire outbreak has not been ascertained, Austine said the cause might not be unconnected to an electrical spark.
Eighteen-Eleven Media