TheCable

A section of the supreme court has been gutted by fire.

TheCable can confirm that the fire started in the chamber of Ibrahim Saulawa, one of the supreme court justices.

According to a source, Saulawa’s chamber has been completely destroyed.

Black smoke was still billowing from the building at the time of reporting.

“Smoke was coming out of the office of Justice Saulawa. We did our best to try to put out the fire with an extinguisher but we could not control it,” the source said.

“We later called the firefighters and they came. We all put hands together. It has been brought under control now.”

The source added that “everything” in Saulawa’s office was consumed.

“Only his chamber was affected. Before it got to the chambers of other justices, we controlled it,” he added.

The supreme court building is located in the Three Arms Zone in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.