Supreme Court, police, react to fire incident, says it has nothing to do with presidential election petition

The Supreme Court of Nigeria has reacted to an early morning fire that gutted a section of the complex, saying the inferno had nothing to do with the upcoming presidential election petition.

The Court’s Public Relations Officer, Festus Akande, who gave the assurance in an interview with Arise Television in Abuja, said the fire will not affect the tribunal sitting or anything in the court.

“As a matter of fact, there’s no single connection, and it won’t affect anything in the court,” Akande said.