The residence of a former Senate President, David Mark, in Otukpo town, Benue State, was yesterday gutted by fire. According to a source, the fire spread so fast when it caught some empty cartons in the compound from which some motorcycle parts were removed and assembled. It was gathered that domestic workers at the residence made frantic efforts to put out the fire without much success until the arrival of the State Fire Service in Otukpo. One of the domestic workers, who preferred anonymity, said: “We made every effort to quench the fire but the more we tried the more it continued to spread. Also, the former Senate President, it was gathered, was out of town.

Source: The Guardian January 03, 2020 03:22 UTC