Ijeh Police Barracks in Obalende area of Lagos, Wednesday,
went up in flames, rendering 24 families of policemen homeless and destroying
property worth millions of naira.
A riffle said to have been brought home by one of the
policemen was also burnt.
Yesterday’s incident was the second in eight months. Five
other buildings, among them the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Halleluya
Parish in Ikorodu and a market in Ayobo area of the state, were also destroyed
by fire at the weekend.
Although no life was lost in the inferno at the Ijeh Police
barracks said to have started at about 4.20 am, some of the occupants of the
affected bungalow on Line A, Block 3 reportedly sustained injuries in the
stampede that followed.
The incident occurred barely one week after a Police
Inspector and his wife reportedly fell from balcony of one of the two-storey
buildings in the same barracks during a fight.
The policeman identified as Inspector Daniel Danjuma, said to
have landed on his head, died before being rushed to the hospital, while his
wife was admitted at the intensive care unit of an undisclosed hospital.
It was gathered that yesterday’s fire may have been caused by
power surge as it started from one of the one-room apartments immediately power
was restored. The affected block had 24 self contain apartments.
Efforts by occupants to contain the fire failed as it spread
to other apartments.
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