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Minister’s residence completely razed down

There was a major fire outbreak at the private residence of the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud, on Sunday.

It was gathered that the outbreak started at the residence in the highbrow area of Asokoro in Abuja in the afternoon.

 Firefighters reportedly failed to respond to the incident early enough, worsening the situation.

Though no official statement has been released, Media Aide to the minister,  Austine Elemue, confirmed the incident but did not go into details.

He said the cause of the fire outbreak was being investigated.

The fire fighters were unable to salvage anything in the house.

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