On Monday, the Supreme Court disclosed that a portion of the apex court had been affected by a fire, with no reported casualties, as confirmed by the Court's Public Relations Officer, Festus Akande, during an interview with Channels TV. Akande attributed the fire to electrical issues in one of the Justices' chambers and stated that it had been extinguished using fire extinguishers. He also emphasized that reports circulating online regarding casualties were unfounded. An anonymous source revealed that the fire began around 6 a.m., with cleaners and early-shift workers detecting it and alerting others. They used the building's fire extinguishers to control the fire, which affected three offices, including that of Justice Mohammed Saulawa. It's worth noting that this incident occurred shortly after the 2023 presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart in the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, filed cases at the Supreme Court, seeking to nullify the Presidential Election Petition Court's judgment.
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