There has been a fire incident at the exhibit exhibit storage facility of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday at the Iriebi area of the state capital.

A statement on Tuesday signed by EFCC’s Head, Media & Publicity, Wilson Uwajaren, said the fire burnt many trucks in the facility.

The incident which occurred in the early hours of the day, affected most of the trucks parked in the facility before the fire was put out by men of the Federal Fire Service

Secretary to the Commission, Dr. George Ekpungu, who was at the scene of the incident on Tuesday March 15, assured that investigation had commenced to determine the cause of the inferno, while measures will be put in place to safeguard all exhibit dumps across the country,

it read.

In November 2018, there was also a fire incident at the Wuse 2 Zonal office of the EFCC.

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