PEPC: Investigate Supreme Court Fire, It Is Suspicious – PDP Tells Security Agencies

The Supreme Court facility in Abuja suffered some damage from a fire on Monday. The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has urged a probe into the incidence.

The party claimed it is odd that the fire would break out while the presidential election petition tribunal is still being heard by the supreme court.

It further expressed concern that arson could be a strategy to undermine the Supreme Court’s capacity to adjudicate cases.

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According to Anaedoonline.ng, a fire broke out at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja’s Three Arms Zone on Monday morning, devastating some components of the federal institution. Some justices’ offices were destroyed by the fire, which also forced some of the building’s tenants to flee for safety.

Festus Akande, the court’s public relations officer, acknowledged the fire incident and claimed it was started by electrical problems in one of the justices’ chambers and extinguished using fire extinguishers.

However, the PDP has urged an immediate, thorough investigation into the fire incident in a statement by Debo Ologunagba, its national publicity secretary. The party further urged that the investigation’s findings be made public.

The party’s statement reads: “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is alarmed by the fire incident at the Supreme Court, describing it as suspicious.

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“The PDP is worried over the fire outbreak especially given heightened public apprehension of possible arsonist attack with the intent to cripple and frustrate the Supreme Court from effectively discharging its constitutional duties especially with regard to high profile electoral cases including the Presidential Election Appeals pending before it.

“Our Party demands an immediate full-scale investigation into the fire outbreak with the view to unraveling the circumstances or possible sabotage in the incident.

“The PDP insists that the outcome of the investigation should be made public unlike those of previous fire incidents in various government Ministries, Departments and Agencies which were characteristically swept under the carpet by the All Progressives Congress (APC) administrations.

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“While calling on the Federal Government to beef up security around the Supreme Court, the PDP also demands that Nigerians must be assured of the safety of sensitive documents and equipment at the Court especially at this critical time.”

Festus Akande, the Court of Appeal’s public relations officer, has stated that the Monday morning fire event won’t have an impact on the petition for the presidential election.

Akande said that there is no relation between the fire outbreak and the court case during an interview on Arise TV on Monday.

He mentioned that an electrical problem caused the fire to spread to a room that contained a computer, equipment, and a working library.

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