FIRE DESTROYS MTN BOOSTER STATION IN OYO
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A fire broke out at an MTN booster station on the University of Ibadan campus in Oyo State on Saturday, causing damage to the facility.
Preliminary investigations indicate that an electrical surge triggered the blaze, which occurred within the Faculty of Nursing.
One of the witnesses told our correspondent that “the incident occurred in the early hours of Saturday around 4 am.”
Another source said, “The incident affected the Mikano electrical generator, board, and other telecommunications gadgets in the booster station.”
Moroof Akinwande, Special Adviser on Fire Services Reform to Governor Seyi Makinde and Chairman of the State Fire Services Agency, confirmed the fire incident when reached in Ibadan.
Akinwande stated that the affected booster station was owned by MTN.
He said, “The state Fire Service’s prompt response doused the fire at the MTN booster station beside the Faculty of Nursing, University of Ibadan.
“The fire incident was reported exactly at 04:00 hrs on Saturday, February 22, 2025.
“The fire personnel, led by ACFS Olubunmi, were promptly deployed to the scene and arrived on time.
“On arrival, we met the Mikano electrical generator and board on fire. We quickly joined hands with the university’s fire marshals, and the fire was extinguished completely. The fire was caused by an electrical surge”, he explained.
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