The Lagos
state office of the Central Bank of Nigeria was set on fire on yesterday and
assets worth millions of Naira were destroyed. It was learnt, the fire started at about 5:40 PM at the
old building as workers were preparing to move documents and other sensitive
items from the block into their newly constructed head office............
annex. 
Men of the Lagos Fire Service and other emergency agency
officials are said to have arrived the scene. Director of Lagos State Fire
Service, Mr. Rasak Fadipe, said the fire service got an emergency call that the
CBN building was on fire around 5:45 pm. He said two fire trucks were mobilised
from the Onikan and Sari-Iganmu Fire Stations each carrying 10,000 litres
of water to quell the fire.
Fadipe added that aerial ladder was being used to fight the fire
as the complex is a high rise building, adding that the fire started on the
third floor of the building. He further said that the place had been condoned
off to allow fire fighters to do their job.
Policemen from Lion Building, Lagos were angry with
journalists covering the incident and pounced on some photographers and in the
process damaged and seized cameras belonging to them.
The fire incident comes amid several multibillion dollar
allegations of fraud rocking the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Analysts say they would not be surprised if the fire was
meant to get rid of certain key documents that could serve as evidence in these
investigations.
The apex bank spokesman assured the
general public that vital records of the bank remained intact as the bank has
effective backup system in case of any damages or loss of basic data.
Sources: Naij.com news
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