The
management of Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) has suspended all academic
activities including the on-going examination and lectures following fire
outbreak recorded in the institution.
In
a statement signed by the College's Public Relations Officer, Dr Charles Oni,
the institution's management also confirmed that some of its students who were
residents in the hostel were injured while the fire lasted.
"Sequel to the unfortunate fire
incident at the Bakassi Hostel early this morning, the management has suspended
all academic activities until further notice.
"By this notice, all examinations and
lectures, especially scheduled for today have been put on hold while College
attends to the exigency," a part of the statement read.
The management further added that:
"The management regretted misguided and outright falsehood on social media
and calls to certain radio stations that there was no water on campus to quell
the fire. The truth is that firemen needed excavator to attend to the fire,
which the College provided.
"Meanwhile, the Rector, Dr. Margaret
Ladipo, has called on the College Community to remain calm as the management
finds way to soothe the pain inflicted by the accident."
The fire outbreak it was gathered to have started by 5:22am after power
supply was restored.
Some of the students who are residents of
the hostel confirmed that when the outbreak was on, the fire service truck
brought in by the school management lacked water needed to out of the fire,
thereby aggravating it's effect.
"We were all standing watching
helplessly as the inferno raged on. The school fire service truck that came
early had no water. It took about two hours before fire service men from Lagos
State Government came to the rescue.
"By that time some of our students
have fainted, some have sustained injuries and while others have lost valuables
to the inferno," a HND II student at Fine Art Dept. who simply identified
himself as Hakeem said.
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