Lagos Fire: FIRS loses 4 senior staff, mourns departed

By Esther Onyegbula

The Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, has plunged into mourning pursuing the decease of 4 of its elder unit members successful the occurrence incidental that gutted Afriland Towers connected Broad Street, Lagos, connected Tuesday.

The deceased unit were trapped portion connected work astatine 1 of the 2 FIRS offices located connected the sixth and seventh floors of the gathering erstwhile the inferno broke out.

In a connection issued yesterday by Dare Adekanmbi, Special Adviser connected Media to the FIRS chairman, the victims were identified arsenic Mrs. Ekelikhostse George, Assistant Director; Mr David Sunday-Jatto, Assistant Director; Mrs. Nkem Onyemelukwe, Senior Manager; and Mr. Peter Ifaranmaye, Manager.

The connection read: “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 Security and Safety officials rapidly mobilized 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.

“The Management 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.

“We are moving successful collaboration with each applicable agencies successful Lagos to get to the basal origin of the unfortunate incident. While this is going on, we volition beryllium reviewing information measures crossed FIRS offices successful some rented and owned buildings nationwide.”

Meanwhile, exigency responders said investigations were underway to find the nonstop origin of the fire, which eyewitnesses said dispersed rapidly done the high-rise, trapping occupants connected aggregate floors.

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