No fire at our head office, says UBA

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) says determination were nary casualties pursuing a occurrence incidental astatine 1 of its branches connected Broad Street, Lagos Island, connected Tuesday.

In a connection connected Tuesday night, the slope said the incidental was wrongly reported connected societal media arsenic occurring astatine its caput office, UBA House connected Marina.

“We are alert of the occurrence incidental astatine a gathering connected Broad Street, Lagos Island, which incidentally houses 1 of our galore branches.

“As against reports connected online and societal media, the affected gathering is not the UBA House, Marina, the bank’s caput office.

“We person ensured the information and well-being of our unit and customers successful the branch,” the connection read.

UBA added that enquiries could beryllium directed to its authoritative connection channels for clarification.

A elder exigency official, who spoke to NAN connected information of anonymity, confirmed that the concern was a insignificant incidental that caused fume wrong the Afriland Tower, a six-storey gathering connected Broad Street.

The authoritative said the concern was already nether power earlier exigency responders arrived.

“By the clip responders got there, adjacent the UBA unit had taken attraction of it. It was much fume than fire, and it had been rapidly contained,” the authoritative said. (NAN)

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