A fire outbreak at the Vice Chancellor’s lodge of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in the early hours of Thursday has killed Mallam Abbah Kyari, a former Auditor General of Borno State.
Daily Trust reports that Kyari had accompanied Shehu of Borno, Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Umar Garba El-Kanemi, who is being installed as the Chancellor of the university.
A source in the emir’s entourage told the newspaper that the fire incident started at about 2 am from one of the rooms in the lodge.
“The fire started sometimes at about 2am and there were frantic efforts to douse it unfortunately, the damage has been done as the former Auditor General sustained injuries that eventually claimed his life,” the source said.
It was gathered that the remains of the late Kyari has been returned to Maiduguri, the Borno capital, for interment this afternoon.
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