By Kamil Opeyemi
A section of the Supreme Court was on Monday morning gutted by fire.
NPOReports gathered that the cause of the fire was electrical from one of the Chambers of the Justices and was put out with the use of fire extinguishers.
It was also learnt that the cleaners on duty and some of the workers who resumed early for work detected the fire and raised the alarm.
The workers were said to have used the fire extinguishers in the building to combat the fire.
Three offices, including that of Justice Mohammed Saulawa, were touched by the fire.
Supreme Court Confirms
Dr. Festus Balogun, spokesman of the apex however described the incident as a minor one.
“It was a minor incident which some of our staff promptly took care of with the aid of fire extinguisher,” he said.