By The Agidigbo Radio Station, in Monatan area of Ibadan, has been razed down by a raging fire.
Blackbonigeria learnt that the radio station, which was newly set-up has lost properties worth millions of naira to the raging fire.
The incident which drew the attention of residents , made them ran, panicking for fear of the fire spreading to other buildings in the area.
The Director, Oyo State Fire Service, Moshood Adewuyi, said:
“The firemen were mobilised to the scene following a distress call by residents of the community in the early hours of Saturday.
“It is true that the studio of the online radio station caught fire this morning; the place was under locks and keys on the arrival of our men. None of the workers of the radio station was around at the time of the outbreak.
“You know, a studio is always padded with foam. That aggravated the fire.”
“We cannot quantify the extent of the damaged made by the fire currently. The transmitter; the studio equipment; and office materials at the station were damaged by the inferno.
“The people around there alerted us around 11am. One man was electrocuted. But, thank God, it was not much.
“What happened was that as soon as our men arrived at the scene, we directed our control room to instruct the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company to cut power supply to the area.
“Without getting supply from us, they restored power supply to the area. Majority of the people were already wet, and you know, water is a conductor of electricity. But thank God there was no casualty.”
