NFF Secretariat in Abuja was on Fire Today ....

The headquarters of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF, at Wuse Zone 7 in Abuja was on fire today. According to eyewitnesses, the fire started from the Third floor of the building.

Confirming the incident, spokesperson of the NFF, Ademola Olajire, said no one knows the cause of the fire but said men of the Nigerian Fire Service are battling to put it out.

It is believed that the offices of the President, Secretary General and the accounts department of the NFF might have been affected.http://lindaikeji.blogspot.com/2014/08/photo-fire-outbreak-at-nff-office-in.html

The Nigeria Football Federation has declared that it was able to rescue some of the trophies won by the national teams from its offices after a blaze swept through the building on Wednesday morning.

Among the trophies saved were the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations trophy won in South Africa and the 2013
However, thousands of records and financial documents were lost in the flames which started around 9:30am from a spark in the office of the Accountant.

The fire according to the General Secretary Musa Amadu emanated from the left wing of the third floor of the NFF Secretariat.

The inferno burnt down all the documents in the accountant’s office, swept through the office of the general secretary and destroyed most of the documents in the office and in the offices in the left wing of the building.

Amadu described the incident thus: “I think the fire may have started from a power upsurge. We tried as much as we could, but it was quite unfortunate.

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