Ogun State Governors on fire

A part of the private residence of Governor
Ibikunle Amosun in Abeokuta, the Ogun
State capital on Wednesday was gutted by
fire which destroyed several documents.

The house popularly referred to as "White
House" and located at Ibara GRA, Abeokuta
went up in flames at about 12:30pm.

Our correspondent gathered that the fire
was sparked off in one of the rooms in the
house but the extent of damage could not
be ascertained.
Security operatives manning the gates to
the bungalow however prevented
journalists from covering the incident.

They attacked and snatched cameras and
blackberry phones from reporters who
besieged the scene to capture the fire
incident.

The security operatives even threatened to
shoot at the reporters. The camera
belonging to the Nigerian Television
Authority was seized, damaged and the
tape removed. Another camera belonging
to the News Agency of Nigeria reporter,
Tomisin Erogbogbo, was seized and by the
time it was returned to her, all the pictures
previously contained in it, including those
of the fire incident, had been deleted. Also,
the blackberry phone belonging to the
correspondent of the Businessday
Newspaper, Razaq Ayinla, was seized and
all the pictures deleted.
Addressing journalists while the fire was
being brought under control, the
governor's elder brother, Alhaji Abidoye

Amosun, who later arrived at the scene,
said that they quickly alerted the men of
the fire service immediately they noticed
the smoke.

He said, "Yes, there was a fire incident here
some hours ago, but it has been put under
control. We noticed flame from one of the
rooms and we quickly called the attention
of the Fire Fighters who promptly arrived
and put it under control."

On the extent of damage done by the fire
outbreak, Alhaji Amosun said there was
nothing to worry about as only "few
documents were burnt during the
incident."

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