How A Suspected Mentally Deranged Man Set Students’ Lodge Ablaze In Nasarawa

Serious panic spread through Shagari Street in Toto Local Government Area of Nasarawa State after a student lodge was reportedly set ablaze by a man believed to be mentally unstable.

The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday and affected a students lodge housing multiple off-campus rooms.

According to Daily Post, it was gathered that the inferno reportedly started from the room of a male occupant believed to have lost his mental stability due to prolonged drug abuse.

Sources said the suspect set his own room ablaze under unclear circumstances, with the fire quickly spreading to at least five other rooms in the building.



“Fortunately, no lives were lost in the incident as all the other students occupying the affected rooms were said to have traveled at the time of the fire.

“However, personal belongings and household items were completely destroyed, as nothing was salvaged from the affected rooms,” a student identified as Joy Ndukwe told Daily Post.

As of the time of filing this report, emergency responders had not officially commented on the incident, but local residents confirmed that the entire building was completely razed down by the time the fire was brought under control.