Reports state that on Sunday, a fire completely destroyed Dr. Mariya Mahmoud’s private apartment in Asokoro, the FCT’s Minister of State.
The incident was confirmed by Amiola Adebayo, the FCT Fire Service’s Acting Director.
According to Adebayo, the fire totally destroyed the building’s first story.
He clarified that the fire had begun at approximately 9:45 a.m., but added that the Service officers had only just arrived at the scene a few minutes earlier, having received a running call from responders who had attempted to get in touch with the Federal Fire Service.
A running call indicates that responders persisted on traveling to the office to obtain the firefighters’ attention rather than phoning the Fire Service’s Emergency number.
“The fire was discovered a few minutes to ten, maybe around 9:45 am. We received a running call around thirteen minutes after ten, so we followed the person who came to call us to the fire scene.
“All of them were on the ground floor. They did not discover the fire on time, and they didn’t call the Fire Service. It was a running call that came to us. From our findings, they say they called the Federal Fire Service, but they didn’t respond on time, that’s when the running call came to our office.
“The fire was discovered a few minutes to ten, maybe around 9:45 am. We received a running call around thirteen minutes after ten, so we followed the person who came to call us to the fire scene.
“All of them were on the ground floor. They did not discover the fire on time, and they didn’t call the Fire Service. It was a running call that came to us. From our findings, they say they called the Federal Fire Service, but they didn’t respond on time, that’s when the running call came to our office.