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Fire guts ECOWAS secretariat in Abuja

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Fire on Tuesday night destroyed a section of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Secretariat in the Asokoro District of Abuja.

The inferno affected the floor housing the commission’s accounting and finance department.

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A senior official of the commission confirmed the incident to journalists.

He said emergency responders including firefighters had been deployed to the scene to quell the inferno.

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