Properties worth over N40 million has been destroyed by fire following a mysterious fire that completely razed down the Ebonyi State Magistrate’s Court 1 at
Speaking with LEADERSHIP, the chief registrar of the State High Court Abakaliki, Nnenna Onuoha said that rough estimate of the property destroyed stands at about N40 million.
Onuoha said that most of the exhibits in the court were gutted by fire adding that the ugly incident happened over the weekend. “On the early hours of June 3rd, we got calls from our people living at the magistrate quarters that our court has been gutted by fire. “We rushed to the court and saw that the court was truly razed by fire. We started asking what could be the cause of the incident. They told us that the fire was from the transformer, and they said the fire came out from the transformer.
“Rescuers called Ebonyi State Fire Service and they came and help us to quench the fire. As you can see, the building was completely gutted by fire. The inferno razed the Magistrate Court 1 completely with exhibits and other vital documents burnt to ashes,” she said.
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