The Chief Registrar of the Kwara State Sharia Court of Appeal, Hajia Hassanat Mustapha, has escaped d3ath from a fire incident on the court premises.
Others who escaped were her personal assistant and the driver of an 18-seater bus with registration number SCA 13 SJ belonging to the court.
Reports say that the incident resulted in pandemonium as the staff made frantic attempts to quench the inferno which gutted the bus.
A source told newsmen that “The fire started from the battery head of the bus. The Chief Registrar, her aide and the bus driver jumped out of the vehicle on the court premises.
“About 25 staff of the court, attracted by the noise, rushed out to save the situation with fire extinguishers from their cars and that of the court.
“Their saving grace was Almighty Allah. If not that they forgot something that made them return to the office, it would have been a calamity if it had happened on motion,” the source added.
It was further learnt that a client who came to prepare an affidavit rushed to inform the fire service adjacent to the court complex.
The spokesperson for the fire service, Hassan Hakeem Adekunle, confirmed the incident to our correspondent on Thursday evening.