Strange fire on Sunday afternoon, gutted the private residence of the Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr Mariya Mahmoud.
The residence of the minister is located in the highbrow area of Asokoro in Abuja.
Daily Trust reports that the inferno started in the afternoon, while firefighters failed to respond to the incident early enough which aggravated the situation.
Though, no official statement has been made in respect to the development but Media Aide to the minister, Mr. Austine Elemue, confirmed the incident.
He did not go into details.
According to him, the cause of the fire outbreak was being investigated.