Fire Guts MTN Booster Station in UI Premises

Israel Adeleke 

Information reaching OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA OTN News desk has it that an MTN booster station located inside the premises of the University of Ibadan (UI) on Saturday 22nd of February, 2025 caught fire due to an electric surge.

OTN News reports that the General Manager, Oyo State Fire Service, Yemi Akinyinka, who confirmed the incident, said that the booster station belonged to MTN, adding that men of the agency and firefighters from the university were able to quench the fire.

According to him, “Oyo 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, 22nd February 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 said.