The fire outbreak, which affected the Skye Bank office at the airport, also affected some other tenants at the terminal.
It took the quick intervention of the firefighting agents of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) to put the raging fire under control.
A source close to the engineering department of the FAAN revealed that some of the recently fitted cables might have been responsible for the fire outbreak.
At the time of publication, the entire arrival hall of the terminal was in total darkness while flight operations were temporarily halted.Eye witness at the terminal observed that all the staff of the offices located in the arrival hall scampered for safety and moved outside their offices while some were seen outside the terminal immediately after noticing a spark from one of the cables.
Cause of the fire is alleged to be the cables recently fitted at the terminal which were household materials and not fitted for the terminal and the equipment they are expected to carry.
It will be recalled that last week, the entire terminal of the airport was thrown into total darkness for 48 hours due to sparks in cables.
Flight operations in and out of the terminal were crippled for the entire duration of the blackout, while airlines profiled and processed outbound passengers with torchlights. The Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and other security agencies attached to the airport had to resort to manual processes for passengers, as the automation system at the airport collapsed completely.
The former aviation minister, Ms. Oduah, had commenced the renovation exercise of the terminal in 2013, which led to the extension of the airport. But the public has questioned the quality of jobs done, arguing that the aviation ministry's N74 billion debt is inexcusable given the poor state of the country's airports
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