In the early hours of Sunday, the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) reported that a fire incident occurred at its headquarters located along Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Road, Abuja.
The fire which gutted some of its offices was put out by firefighters.
In a statement issued on the NIS official Twitter page, the Service disclosed this.
“A fire incident occurred in our Service Headquarters this Morning. It affected some of our Offices,
“The cause of the fire is being investigated. We assure the public that the incident will not in any way affect the discharge of our services,” the NIS said.
It said the fire was contained by the Federal Fire Station with support from other agencies around the airport environment.
Calls to Sunday James, the NIS public relations officer, for comments were not answered.