The Lagos branch of the National Association of Judicial Correspondents (NAJUC) has expressed its concern and commiserates with a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Felix Fagbohungbe, whose law chambers, F.O. Fagbohungbe and Co, was badly affected in the fire disaster that gutted the Mamman Kontagora House in Lagos last week.
Fagbohungbe, who is the patron of the association, lost valuable items to the inferno which was said to have been caused by a surge from the room where the generator is kept on the third floor of the building.
It was gathered that Fagbohungbe lost several files, expensive law books, general books and other valuable materials to the inferno.
The Mamman Kontagora building, which is owned by the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), is on the Lagos Island.
The lawyer has since relocated to 29A, Adeyemi Lawson Street, off Oyinkan Abayomi, Ikoyi Lagos.
However, NAJUC in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, Tunde Opeseitan, and secretary, Gbenga Soyele, commiserated with Fagbohungbe and prayed God to grant him the strength to bear the painful loss.
“While we thank God that no live was lost to the inferno, we are not oblivious of the fact that the fire disaster must have really cost the learned silk a great fortune because to set up a fully functional law chambers is really expensive.
“We know that law books, case files, exhibits, general books and other valuable items must have been lost by Chief Fagbohungbe to the inferno.
“We use this opportunity to call on Nigerians to be more safety-conscious, so as to stem the tide of frequent fire disasters and other avoidable disasters.”
