No fewer than seven vehicles were burnt in the fire incident which gutted the car park section of the Obas complex at the Ogun State Ministry of Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta yesterday.


The fire disaster occurred few meters away from Governor Ibikunle Amosun’s office located within the Secretariat complex in Oke – Mosan and was put under check by the quick intervention of the State Fire Services.


The fire was allegedly set by some unknown persons to the bush behind the perimeter fence of the Ogun State Government Secretariat.


Although the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC)Kareem Olanrewaju claimed that only four of the vehicles parked within the area were gutted by fire, SUNDAY LEADERSHIP gathered that six vehicles, said to have been part of those retrieved from the immediate past chairmen of the Local Government Caretaker Committees in the state were completely burnt while the seventh one was partially touched by the fire which raged for over 30 minutes.


A towing vehicle belonging to the state government’s Parking Management Scheme was quickly arranged and was observed by our correspondent desperately making attempts to ferry other vehicles not affected by the fire to safer areas.


Our correspondent gathered at the scene of the incident that the fire was sparked off following the burning of bush around the secretariat by some unknown persons. It was also observed that raging fire crept into the premises of the complex through a water channel under the perimeter fence of the
secretariat close to the space where the vehicles were parked, setting them ablaze immediately.


The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Alhaji Yusuph Olaniyonu; the governor’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Funmi Wakama and many civil servants who thronged the scene of the fire incident expressed gratitude to God that the damage was minimal while no casualty was recorded.
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