The palace of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba
Lamidi Adeyemi has been gutted by
fire. The inferno razed down about
21 rooms of the ancient palace. According to the Media Assistant to
the monarch, Alhaji Azeez Fehintola,
the fire started around 6am
Wednesday, raging uncontrollably
before the arrival of fire fighters
about an hour later. “The fire-fighters came at some
minutes past seven and battled it till
it was finally put out. Every part of
the affected apartments were
completely razed. It was a really sad
day for the Ayabas because many of their property were destroyed. They
keep their monies in the palace.
Plasma television sets, jeweleries,
clothes, and many other valuables”,
he said. Mostly affected parts are the flats of
Princess Folasade (Iyaa Meta),
Princess Rukayat, and Princess
Abibat. Though, no life was lost and no
injuries recorded, Vanguard gathered
that some undisclosed amount of
money was lost to the inferno.
Besides, some rooms known as Ile
Ori, Ile Ifa where artifacts and other valuables were stored were
destroyed by the raging fire. The monarch did not grant any
interview as he was said not to be in
the right mood to entertain any
questions from reporters. It was learnt that electrical surge
from the Power Holding Company of
Nigeria ignited the inferno. The officials of the fire service said
they could only confirm the incident
but were not in a position to say
what led to the fire outbreak.
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