There has been a minor fire outbreak at the Army headquarters complex in Abuja.
The Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Mohammed Yerima, confirmed the incident in a statement on Tuesday.
He said the incident that occurred at about 10:15 am was a result of a minor electrical fault in one of the offices.
According to him, the Army headquarters complex is currently undergoing some renovation involving electrical rework.
He noted that the Nigerian Army Fire Service Department has since put out the fire and no casualty was recorded during the incident.
Yerima added that normalcy has since returned to the complex.
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More concerns seem to be growing in the Nigerian Army after 26 generals who had contact with Major General Olu Irefin tested positive for COVID-19.
Late Irefin, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division, fell ill last week while attending the 2020 Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja.
He was later taken to a military hospital where he died of respiratory failure secondary to the complications of COVID-19 infection.
General Irefin was said to have visited some of his colleagues before the conference, and
Channels Television gathered that 26 generals tested positive.
The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa, also confirmed that a total of 417 personnel have been tested with 26 confirmed positive cases as of Sunday, although he did not disclose the ranks of the infected persons.