Nigeria Immigration Service Headquarters, Abuja.
The technical team of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has commenced an investigation into the cause of the fire outbreak at its headquarters in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
The fire outbreak which occurred on Sunday affected three sections of the headquarters building.
The Comptroller General of NIS, Muhammad Babandede while speaking with journalists in Abuja on Monday listed the affected sections to include the Call Center where about 10,000 calls are received, within and outside Nigeria on passport and visa matters.
Also affected is the Interpol Connectivity where the Service says they have lost connectivity with the airport and 24 locations and the Migration Information and data analysis system.
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The Headquarters of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), in Abuja, was in the early hours of Sunday gutted by fire with some vital documents said to be destroyed by the inferno.
Although the source of the fire outbreak is yet to be ascertained, NIS in its official Twitter handle, @nigimmigration, confirmed the development, saying the cause of the inferno is being investigated.
According to the Immigration Service, the fire which affected some of the offices in the headquarters has been put out by the firefighters.
NIS said: “A fire incident occurred in our Service Headquarters this Morning. It affected some of our offices.
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