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A morning fire on Sunday completely destroyed the private residence of the FCT’s Minister of State, Dr. Mariya Mahmoud, in Asokoro.

The fire totally destroyed the building’s first floor, Mr Amiola Adebayo, the Acting Director of the FCT Fire Service confirmed.

However, no life was lost in the fire which started about 9:45 a.m.

Persecondnews gathered that the first floor and the upper floor were totally destroyed by the fire.

Firefighters said they stepped up efforts to prevent the fire from spreading to the ground floor and the nearby buildings.

The minister’s media assistant, Austin Elemue, also confirmed the incident but said the cause of the fire was unknown yet.

 

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