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Oyo State MTN booster on fire
An MTN booster station located on the premises of the University of Ibadan, Oyo State, was gutted by fire on Saturday.
Investigations by PUNCH Online revealed that the fire, which broke out at the booster station within the Faculty of Nursing, was caused by an electrical surge.
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.?
When contacted in Ibadan, the state capital, the Special Adviser on Fire Services Reform to Governor Seyi Makinde and Chairman of the State Fire Services Agency, Moroof Akinwande, confirmed the incident.
He said the booster station belonged to the 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. (Saturday PUNCH)
