Crimes

Fire razes trucks at EFCC exhibit dump in Port Harcourt

There was a fire incident at the exhibit dump of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), located at Iriebi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Monday, March 14.

The incident, according to EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, occurred in the early hours of the day.

The incident affected most of the trucks parked in the facility before the fire was put out by men of the Federal Fire Service

Secretary to the Commission, Dr. George Ekpungu, who was at the scene of the incident on Tuesday March 15, assured that investigation had commenced to determine the cause of the inferno, while measures will be put in place to safeguard all exhibit dumps across the country.

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