Fire At Champion Breweries Plc, Uyo (Pictures)

Champion Breweries was incorporated in Nigeria as a Private Limited Liability Company on 31st July 1974 and converted to a Public Limited Company in 1983. The company is engaged in the brewing, bottling and selling of beer and non-alcoholic drinks and they are the makers of Champion Lager Beer and Champ Malta.

The company which is located at Industrial Layout, Aka Offot, Uyo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State just concluded plans to increase its capital base in order to enhance competitiveness and ensure growth and profitability was caught up in flames this morning!

The fire, which its cause is not yet ascertained is suspected to have started around 10 am today.

Men of the Akwa Ibom State Fire Service and firemen from Julius Berger Ltd are still battling with the fire as onlookers watch in total awe. Uniform officials have barricaded the area and we are yet to be allowed full entry into the compound.