By Mohammad Lawal Maikudi
The Senate building of the Ahmadu Bello University, ABU Zaria was gutted by fire Friday evening.
A press release signed by Auwalu Umar, Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university dated Friday, 1st December, 2023 said the fire started from a small room housing an electrical Distribution Board (DB) at the ground floor Senate Building at the Samaru Main Campus, Zaria.
“The fire started around 4:15pm; and its cause could not be immediately ascertained.
“No injuries or casualties have been recorded. However, the Distribution Board and some obsolete public address systems have been consumed by the fire.
“The timely intervention of the University firefighters and security personnel saved the situation. In fact, power has since been restored to the building.
“The Vice-Chancellor, Prof Kabiru Bala, was at the scene of the incident along with some management staff and hundreds of sympathisers. Meanwhile, the University Management has raised a team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the cause of the fire.
“Prof Bala commended the University firefighters and security personnel for putting out the fire, thhe statement finally said.
