Academic complex of Steady Flow College of Education, Akparabong Community, Ikom LGA of Cross River State, has been destroyed by fire, consuming academic facilities worth millions of naira.
The facilities destroyed by the fire incident include lectures halls, toilets, offices, with several valuables worth millions of naira, totally destroyed by the inferno.
No one knows the cause of the fire, but speculation among the community residents is that the fire entered the school premises after a passerby mistakenly discarded a cigarette filter he had finished smoking in a nearby bush close to the perimetre fence, which scaled through the perimetre fence and destroyed valuables and several other facilities.
However, an eye-witness, Ada Agbor, said it was bush fire that jumped into the school premises and destroyed the facilities.
Founder of Steady Flow College of Education and a one-time National Assembly member representing Boki/Ikom Federal Constituency, Hon. Jones Tangban, who spoke in an emotion-laden voice, 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 wade into the matter so that the institution can be re-opened.
“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,” he said.
