Fire Destroys Students’ Hostel At Nigerian Law School, Kano Campus
Students and staff were evacuated from the premises, and no casualties were reported.
A devastating fire broke out on Wednesday night at the students’ hostel of the Nigerian Law School Kano Campus, leaving students with significant losses.
SaharaReporters learned the fire razed the hostel building to the ground and destroyed students’ valuable properties, including clothes, credentials, and electronic gadgets such as laptops.
Students and staff were evacuated from the premises, and no casualties were reported.
However, the fire has caused distress among many students, with some losing critical equipment for their study just 14 days before their final bar examination.
The Nigerian Law School Muslim Students-Κano Campus published a statement following the incident, confirming the magnitude of the damage.
The students’ group stated that the fire outbreak left the affected students with nothing but the clothes they were wearing at the time.
In a video acquired by SaharaReporters, students were seen struggling to extinguish the fire in the absence of fire service operatives.
“I’ve never seen a fire service truck here in law school,” one of the students said.
The management of Nigerian Law School has yet to issue an official statement on the incident.
The law school incident came a day after SaharaReporters reported that at least 17 pupils of an Almajiri school had lost their lives in a devastating fire that engulfed their school in Kauran Namoda, Zamfara State.
It was gathered that the incident occurred on Tuesday night, and raged for nearly three hours before it was brought under control.
There were reports of panic as the fire quickly spread through the school premises, trapping several young pupils. Meanwhile, several other pupils sustained injuries and are currently receiving medical treatment at local hospitals.
A security and counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad area, Zagazola Makama, also confirmed this on Wednesday on his X handle, saying that eyewitnesses described the fire as devastating.
He added that efforts to contain the fire were hampered by its intensity.
He mentioned that local authorities and emergency responders arrived at the scene to provide assistance, but by that time, the fire had already caused significant casualties.
