Identities of FIRS staff killed in Lagos fire revealed

By Evelyn Usman

The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has confirmed the identities of 4 of its elder unit members who mislaid their lives successful the inferno that gutted Afriland Towers connected Broad Street, Lagos, connected Tuesday.

The deceased officials were: Mrs Ekelikhostse George (Assistant Director), Mr David Sunday-Jatto (Assistant Director), Mrs Nkem Onyemelukwe (Senior Manager), and Mr Peter Ifaranmaye (Manager).

They were said to person been trapped portion carrying retired authoritative duties astatine 1 of the service’s offices located connected the sixth and seventh floors of the high-rise gathering erstwhile the occurrence broke out.

A connection signed by the Special Adviser connected Media to the FIRS Chairman, Mr Dare Adekanmbi, described the improvement arsenic a devastating nonaccomplishment that has thrown the full work into mourning.

According to him, “It is with a dense bosom that FIRS announces the tragic nonaccomplishment of 4 of its unit members during the occurrence incidental astatine Afriland Towers, Broad Street, Lagos, connected Tuesday. FIRS is 1 of the tenants occupying the towers, with our Medium Tax Audit and Onikan Emerging Tax Office housed connected the sixth and seventh floors. Our information and information officials rapidly mobilised and contacted the occurrence work arsenic soon arsenic they were alerted. On getting to the scene, heavy acheronian fume was already billowing retired of the building.”

He added that the absorption was successful interaction with the bereaved families, assuring them of afloat enactment during the hard period.

“The absorption and full unit are successful heavy daze and sorrow implicit the development. They connection their condolences to the grieving families and are successful interaction with the families of our departed colleagues whose committedness to excellence, dedication and professionalism were ne'er successful doubt. We volition supply each the indispensable enactment astatine this trying time,” the connection read.

Adekanmbi further disclosed that the bureau was moving with exigency authorities to find the origin of the fire, adding that information reviews would beryllium carried retired successful each FIRS offices crossed the country.

Meanwhile, exigency responders said the occurrence originated from the inverter country successful the basement of the operation earlier fume rapidly dispersed done respective floors, causing panic and trapping workers.

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