The Common room of the Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan (UI) was Wednesday night razed by fire.
Blueprint correspondent in Ibadan reports that the fire incident happened around 9pm.
Equipment for social interaction, and networking by the teaching and non- teaching staff members were completely burned
However, the institution’s management has attributed the fire outbreak to power surge which occurred during Wednesday night torrential rainfall.
Director of Communication in the school, Mr. Olatunji Oladejo, while commenting on the incident said, “Yes, I can confirm to you that there was a fire incident last night. However, contrary to the insinuations that the whole faculty was engulfed in fire, it is not true as the incident only affected the common room of the faculty.”
“The affected room was completely razed as we couldn’t lay hands on anything after the incident.We thank God that no life was lost.”
