Feelers emanating from Obalende in Lagos, south-west Nigeria have it that 24 flats were reduced to ashes Friday following the fire outbreak that occurred at Obalende police barracks.
www.urhobotoday.com
quoted a police inspector in the area as saying telling AFP that “it took
the fire service more than one hour before they responded to our distress
call,”
The words of the inspector: “By the
time they came, the fire has reduced everything into rubble. That’s why we
drove the fire fighters away,”
“You can see that all the 24 flats
have been completely burnt. We could not salvage anything,” Martina Undie,
another resident said.
Undie said a man who was sleeping at
the time of the incident “got some serious burns on his body” and was in
hospital.
Charred household items including stoves, fridges, and television sets littered the area.
Charred household items including stoves, fridges, and television sets littered the area.
Accommodation is just one of the many
problems dogging police in Nigeria. Many public service workers have not been
paid on time due to a crash in oil prices.
The oil-producing country slipped into
recession last month with inflation hitting a double-digit high of 17.1 percent
at the end of July.
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