Osun: Fire Razes Gubernatorial Candidate Residence

Dr Akin Ogunbiyi, a governorship aspirant on the platform of Accord Party in the Osun, has been left with no where to lay his head after fire razed down his residence.

The Punch reports that the incident happened on Sunday after Ogunbiyi had left for Osogbo to attend a church service.

The Chairman, Mutual Benefits Assurance, Stephen Owolabi, who confirmed the incident, said the fire started right in his bedroom and destroyed everything in the residence section in Ileogbo, Osun State.

“The fire started from his bedroom and then took everything in the bedroom. Nothing was left and it also affected some other places. It has done the damage before fire fighters would come. We didn’t suspect anyone.

“It happened Sunday morning. People were not at home. Ogunbiyi was coming to a Redeemed Church in Osogbo because he had an appointment there. He was about to reach Osogbo when he was called that they saw smoke in the house.

“He returned home and called firefighters but the whole bedroom was burnt before anything could be done. We didn’t suspect anybody, but till now, we don’t know the cause of the fire,” Owolabi concluded.