An inferno has razed the residence of the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Alhaji Bilyaminu Moriki, in Gusau.
This was made known in a statement in Gusau, the state capital, on Sunday by the Chief Press Secretary to the House, Bello Madaro.
The CPS quoted the Clerk of the House, Mahmud Aliyu, as describing the disaster as tragic.
Aliyu said that the inferno destroyed properties worth millions of Naira although no life was lost.
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He said: “The management of the Zamfara assembly was shocked over the fire incident which occurred on Sunday that razed down the speaker’s residence in Gusau.
“On behalf of the lawmakers and entire staff of the house, I am expressing sympathy to the speaker and his family over the calamity.”
Aliyu urged the speaker and his family to consider the incident as a divine act destined by Allah.
He prayed to Allah to avert the recurrence of the disaster, adding: “On behalf of the entire staff to the house, I extend sympathy over the ugly incident.”
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