A school owned by the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Damaturu, Yobe State has been razed down by fire.
It was gathered that the fire started from the primary block of Shalom Nursery and Primary School, and affected the entire block.
Head teacher Kemi Bature said the staff and management of the school were yet to determine the cause of the fire.
She said that the school uses a prepaid electrical billing system and always put off the entire electrical system in the school anytime the pupils were not in school.
The police have searched the area for any possible explosive or inflammable items that might have ignited the fire.
Pastor in charge of RCCG Yobe Province David Ipinmoroti, however, said the fire outbreak could be linked to an incident involving the Almajirai.
“On Tuesday 20th April 2021, we were called by one of our members that a woman coordinator of an Islamic school had taken some Almajiri children to our uncompleted property at Sabon-Pegi area of Damaturu, Yobe State; she was sweeping the floor when we got there, and immediately we challenged her, she hurriedly left the scene with the Almajiri children numbering over 20,” he said.
“We went to meet her in her school; she told us that one retired policeman asked her to possess the place.”
“That same day we wrote a complaint letter to the commissioner of police, Yobe State. Four days after, the CP called us with the woman and the policeman, who was a former divisional police officer begged us to forgive them for trespassing into our property.”
The pastor said the school that got burnt and the other school the woman trespassed was about 500 metres apart.
