Aftermath Of Fire Outbreak: EFCC Says ‘Only A Few Millions Lost,’ Relocates Data Centre

Following the outbreak of fire on Monday evening at the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the Data Centre and the office of the Combined Inter Agency Task Force which were housed by the affected two Storey Costa Hall have been relocated to the Commission’s Jabi new headquarters.

A statement by Mr. Tony Orilade, acting spokesperson of the agency, said the value of the damaged items, mostly ICT consumables, is in a few millions, while noting that a detailed analysis is being awaited.

It would be recalled that men of the Federal Fire Service, FFS, Wuse Zonal office, Monday, 19th November, 2018 successfully subdued the inferno that almost razed down the building.

The fire fighters led by the Sector Commander, Melone Onyekachi, arrived the Wuse 2 office of the Commission when the Service was alerted of the Fire by the Incident Duty Officer of the Commission, Kayode Oyetunde at 1910 hours.

The fire started at the former newsroom which now serves as storage for ICT equipments/consumables that were retrieved from the Commission’s former offices scattered across the Capital City.