Fire Razes College of Education in Cross River,

Tamaraxuemi Ebimini

Vv academic complex of SteadyFlow College of Education Akparabong Community in Ikom Local Government Area of Cross River State has been razed down by fire.

The sad incident which occurred yesterday destroyed academic facilities worth millions of naira but no life was lost.

It was gathered that the fire entered the school premises after a passerby mistakenly discarded a cigarette filter near by a bush close to the perimetre fence.

An eyewitness, Ada Agbor, stated that it was a bush fire that spread into the school premises and destroyed the facilities.

Founder of SteadyFlow College of Education and one-time National Assembly member representing Boki/Ikom federal constituency, Hon. Jones Tangban, attributed the fire incident to indiscriminate bush burning.

He called on National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) and the Cross River State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to come to the aid of the institution.

He appealed,”We just thank God that no life was lost. We need state and federal government agencies (NEMA) to come to our aid because resumption is affected by the destruction of facilities at the college.

“Steady flow College of Education Academic complex had been engulfed by wild fire today so much had been destroyed.