A late-night inferno has gutted and destroyed offices and the conference hall of Nigeria Television Authority, NTA, Ilorin, in Kwara State.

The incident occurred at exactly 11pm on Wednesday night.

A statement by the Head of Media and Publicity of the Kwara State Fire Service, Hassan Adekunle said the timely arrival of men of the service prevented the fire from spreading to other places.

According to him out of the twenty-eight offices in the burnt building only three offices were affected and the conference hall.

Mr Adekunle said the cause of the fire was as a result of an electric spark in one of the affected offices. 

Meanwhile, Kwara State Governor, Mr. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq who was at the scene of the incident, has commiserated with the management of NTA over the inferno that gutted some sections of its Ilorin Area Office.

Ali Rabiu

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