By Josephine Ella-Ejeh
The Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Monday evening, escaped a fire incident which razed down his office located in the state secretariat, Abeere Osogbo.
Although, the Governor was not in the office at the time of the incident, his deputy, Mrs. Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, was reported to have been in her office when the fire incident occurred.
Sources told Leadership that smoke was noticed around the Governor’s Office located within the building called White House some minutes to 5pm.
According to an eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, some security men had observed that bulbs in the adjoining offices to that of the governor were switching off and on intermittently and made efforts to ascertain the cause.
“Since the governor was not around, his office was locked and no one could access it, when it was discovered, we looked through the window blind, that smoke was in the office.
“Efforts to gain access immediately were unsuccessful and that might have contributed to whatever damage the fire might have caused,” said the source.
Officials of Fire Service were yet to arrive at the scene to put off the inferno.
Reacting to the incident in a statement , the Commissioner for Education, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa however, said the incident was as a result of power surge which occurred in one of the Air Conditioners inside the office of the Governor.
“It is heartening to note that not a single document, or equipment was destroyed and nobody was hurt.
“We reiterate that every document in the governor’s office is intact. “It is not a serious fire outbreak. “The fire mainly affected the office of the Governor alone; no other office is affected. “It is regrettable that the electricity suppliers have been persistently unable to regulate the supply of power to meet the necessary standard,” Baderinwa said.
The Osun state Governor, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola on Monday evening, escaped a fire incident which razed down his office located in the state secretariat, Abeere Osogbo.
Although, the Governor was not in the office at the time of the incident, his deputy, Mrs. Grace Titi Laoye-Tomori, was reported to have been in her office when the fire incident occurred.
Sources told Leadership that smoke was noticed around the Governor’s Office located within the building called White House some minutes to 5pm.
According to an eyewitness, who spoke on condition of anonymity, some security men had observed that bulbs in the adjoining offices to that of the governor were switching off and on intermittently and made efforts to ascertain the cause.
“Since the governor was not around, his office was locked and no one could access it, when it was discovered, we looked through the window blind, that smoke was in the office.
“Efforts to gain access immediately were unsuccessful and that might have contributed to whatever damage the fire might have caused,” said the source.
Officials of Fire Service were yet to arrive at the scene to put off the inferno.
Reacting to the incident in a statement , the Commissioner for Education, Mr. Adelani Baderinwa however, said the incident was as a result of power surge which occurred in one of the Air Conditioners inside the office of the Governor.
“It is heartening to note that not a single document, or equipment was destroyed and nobody was hurt.
“We reiterate that every document in the governor’s office is intact. “It is not a serious fire outbreak. “The fire mainly affected the office of the Governor alone; no other office is affected. “It is regrettable that the electricity suppliers have been persistently unable to regulate the supply of power to meet the necessary standard,” Baderinwa said.
Comments
Post a Comment