Fire Razes FMBN Headquarters In Abuja

BY CHIKA OKEKE, Abuja

The Corporate headquarters of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), located at the Central Business District (CBD) Abuja was yesterday gutted by fire.

This is happening barely few months to the end of the tenure of the current management team headed by Arc Ahmed Dangiwa.

The inferno, which occurred on Wednesday night at about 11 pm, started on the third floor where vital documents were kept.

BOblog findings revealed that the cause of the fire was yet to be revealed as at the time of filing this report.

However, the Group Head, Corporate Communications of FMBN, Mr Lawal K. Isa Kauri in a statement Thursday confirmed the incident but stated that essential FMBN's official documents were not consumed in the inferno.

He said that the fire was promptly contained through the combined efforts of the FCT Fire Service and staff of the bank.

Kauri stated that the damage to the building is currently assessed by a combined team from the FCT Fire Service, Insurance companies and in-house experts.

He promised to keep the public updated on any developing story.

The statement reads:

"The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) wishes to inform the general public that the fire incident at its Corporate Head Office, yesterday 9th February, 2022 in Abuja was promptly contained and there was no damage to essential FMBN official documents."

"The fire incident started on the 3rd floor and the combined efforts of the Fire Services in the FCT and staff of the Bank were able to contain and limit it to the 3rd floor."

"The damage to the building is being assessed by a combined team from the FCT Fire Service, Insurance companies, and in house experts."

"FMBN will keep the public updated."

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