Former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s house in Ogun State was gutted by a fire which started in the late hours of Wednesday.
Fire gutted the house located at Ita-Eko area of Abeokuta about 9:30 pm and it was believed to have been triggered by a power surge.
Residents of the area and sympathizers who trooped out to the scene joined Obasanjo’s domestic workers in the house in a frantic battle to put out the fire.
It took nearly an hour to quench the inferno which spread from one end to another following the harmattan breeze.
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The state Director of Fire Service, Fatai Adefala, confirmed the incident but disclosed that the fire affected a store and not the main building in the former president’s compound.
He said officials of the agency swiftly responded to distress calls over the fire about 10:00 pm and succeeded in putting it out.
