Pandemonium as fire erupts at ministerial briefing

There was pandemonium yesterday at the ministerial briefing to celebrate two years of President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration at the Radio House, Press Centre, Abuja.

The fire erupted from an amplifier, when the minister of works, Arc Mike Onolememen was responding to questions from the audience on his achievements.

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It took the quick intervention of a staff of ‘Succex Studio’ for the fire to put off. The staff whose identify was not known as at press time, used his jacket to quench the fire.

Those who noticed the fire outbreak ran for safety and almost disrupt proceedings before everything was brought under control.

Shortly after that, another amplifier went up in flame when the minister of Information, Labaran Maku was addressing the audience.

The second fire outbreak forced people to run helter scepter hence disrupting proceedings. Efforts by the minister of Information to put things under control proved abortive as people were discussing on the issue while some left the venue of the event.

When information got to the minister of Information, he was forced to hurriedly tidy up the event even though he was given assurance by the technical and security teams.