By Tobias Lengnan Dapam
The Controller General Federal Fire Service (FFS), Engr Jaji Abdulganiyu has warned the general public against attack on firefighters responding to fire calls and firefighting equipment.
He said anyone found wanting will face the wrath of the law.
The controller handed down the warning on Thursday in Abuja, while marking his 100 days in office.
Engr Jaji Abdulganiyu , who wondered why efforts by dedicated firefighters to always get to scenes of fire are frustrated by mobs who attack them and their trucks with clubs and dangerous weapons, warned that it would no longer be business as usual.
He said, “Enough is enough to attacks which leads to Firefighters sustaining different degrees of injuries, and the fire truck windscreen being badly damaged. We will no longer tolerate this dastardly act. ”
The Fire Service boss who condemned in strong terms, the attack on the men of the service in states and at the federal level whenever they respond to fire calls, threatened that aside arresting and prosecuting perpetrators, firemen would be directed to henceforth, ignore fire calls from areas known for this barbaric act as the service cannot afford to risk the lives of its men and expose its very expensive trucks to destruction.
