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By GARBA MUHAMMAD, Kaduna
Fire has gutted a portion of the ground floor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABUA) Zaria.
A statement by the Director, Public Affairs Directorate, Auwalu Umar, and made available to newsmen in Kaduna on Friday night, said a small room housing an electrical distribution board on the ground floor of ABU’s Senate building, the Samaru Main Campus, Zaria, was earlier in the day gutted by fire.
“The fire started around 4.15 p.m. and its cause could not be immediately ascertained.
“No injuries or casualties have been recorded; however, the distribution board and some obsolete public address systems have been consumed by the fire.
“Timely intervention of the university firefighters and security personnel saved the situation.
“The vice chancellor, Professor Kabiru Bala, was at the scene of the incident along with some management staff and hundreds of sympathisers”, the statement added.
The statement revealed that the university management has raised a team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the fire incident.
