The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday said its exhibit dump located at Iriebi, Port Harcourt, Rivers State was gutted by fire “in the early hours of the day.”
,EFCC Spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said in a statement on Tuesday that the fire destroyed “most of the trucks parked in the facility” before it was put out by men of the Federal Fire Service.
According to the statement, “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, 2022.
“The incident which occurred in the early hours of the day, 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.”