Christmas inferno still smolders, Sunmonu Animashaun Family shared deep grief Sunday over the Dec 24 fire that ignited at Shitta-Bey Court (Great Nigeria House), torched their Agbole house, five family buildings, and razed Shitta-Bey Mosque across the road.
Firefighters demolished parts of the family house to halt spread and vent smoke—now structurally dicey, unsafe for dwellers. Historic Animashaun Mosque (Lagos’ first Juma’at site)? Partial hit on top of neglect—prayers and biz halted till integrity tests clear it.
Joint statement from Acting Chair Rafiu Jawando and Sec Otunba Hakeem Oladipo Animashaun begs LASBCA for urgent assessment. To residents, traders, businesses, lives lost: “Heavy hearts—Allah turn loss to gain, comfort the bereaved.”
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