Mysterious fire consumes part of NDLEA office in Benin City

By Francis Ogbuagu,
A mysterious fire outbreak that occurred  on 21 June,2020 has consumed  a part of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency’s (NDLEA) office in Benin City,the Edo State capital. According to a reliable source,the fire Incident started at about 12.00 hours on Sunday morning and consumed the back part of the office complex already threatened  by Incessant flooding.

The source, who does not wants his name on print said the fire was put off by officers on duty the faithful day. Coincidentally,the incident took place a day before the fire Incident that gutted some parts of Oba Market, which happened on the 22 of June,2020. 
When Wawareporters visited the scene of the incident,it was discovered that,it was the

back  part of  NDLEA  office, adjacent to  ISNO Group of Schools that was consumed. When contacted the  spokesman of the agency,Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju  confirmed the report, but said that investigation carried out revealed that the cause the of the fire Incident was as a result of  power surge. 
He said the agency constituted a committee  made of Directors,who visited the scene, investigated and made recommendation for reconstruction, which is ongoing.

Hear him, “It happened about five or six months ago and the outcome of the investigation revealed that it was power surge, immediately,they sent a team of Directors from Abuja that costed it and the reconstruction is ongoing.” He concluded.