By; RAYMOND TEDUNJAYE, Lagos
A late evening inferno has burnt down the Divisional Headquarter of Badia Police Station in Lagos, New Nigerian Newspapers has learnt.
Property, which include moveable and unmovable items, estimated at about millions of Naira were destroyed by the inferno.
Office documents, air conditioners, parked motorcycles, fans and personal effects of the officers and men were lost to the incident.
Our correspondent exclusively gathered that the fire broke at about 8.00pm and raged on for over two hours on Sunday.
As learnt, the fire which broke out as a result of power surge, was notice by detainees in the cell, who raised an alarm that attracted the attention of the cops on duty including the DPO CSP Ayoola Olawale.
The inferno, was said to have started at the backyard of the building from the roof, making it a bit difficult for fire fighters to immediately put out the fire.
Residents and passersby were said to have stormed the station to assist the officers and men in putting out the fire but were unsuccessful.
Men of the Lagos State Fire and Safety Service were said to have arrived lately and helped to prevent the fire from spreading beyond the premises of the station.
Our correspondent reliably gathered that the building is owned by the defunct Peoples Bank and has been taking over by the Police when its original building located few metres away got sinked about 10 years ago.
However, the sinked building has been reconstructed through the assistance of the Bankers Committee awaiting commissioning.
Efforts to get the comment of the police public relations officer SP Benjamin Hundeyin on the incident proved above as he failed to pick his calls and reply message sent on WhatsApp.
