Panic burst out for Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, as fire enter the store wey dem keep academic gowns. Eyewitness talk say the flame start sudden, before anybody fit react, plenty gowns don turn ashes.
Some students wey suppose use the gown for upcoming convocation dey shout say their money don waste. One undergraduate yarn say, “Na this gown we pay for o, now fire don chop am like suya.”
The fire scatter fear everywhere for campus as lecturers and workers rush go check how far.
Fire Service Try Stop the Flame
OOU management quickly call Ogun State Fire Service make dem rush come the scene. Firefighters show with tanker and equipment, begin pour water like say na rain season.
Even though dem manage reduce the flame, plenty gowns already don burn finish. Fire officers talk say na delay in alert make the damage worse.
One firefighter talk say, “If we reach five minutes earlier, e for no bad like this.”
OOU Students and Lecturers Dey Panic
The incident don cause panic among students and staff. Some final-year students dey cry say the fire fit delay their graduation ceremony. Others dey vex say the management no put proper fire safety for store.
Lecturers join mouth say the matter serious because gowns no be small money. Authorities don promise to investigate wetin cause the fire – whether na electrical fault or careless mistake.
Meanwhile, social media don full with gist as pipu dey laugh, cry and even drag OOU management at once.
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