Goods destroyed as fire guts female varsity hostel in Rivers

.No life lost, culprits would be disciplined, says VC

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed in a fire incident that gutted one of the female hostels of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rumuolumeni, Port Harcourt, on Sunday night.

The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Okechukwu Onuchukwu, said the fire started from a cooking stove used by one of the students, adding that no life was lost.

Onuchukwu said the culprits would face disciplinary action for violating the university’s ‘no cooking in the hostel’ policy.

Nevertheless, he praised the students for their quick response in tackling the fire. He also commended the Nigerian Navy Fire Service and the Federal Fire Service for arriving on time and preventing the fire from spreading to other sections of the hostel.