WHATwould have resulted in a monumental loss to the nation’s premier university, University of Ibadan, and one of its oldest and most prestigious hall of residence, Tedder Hall, was averted with prompt intervention by students before the arrival of fire service, when a fire incidence, which started around 4:30am last Tuesday broke out in the mini-shop beside Block C.
The cause of the inferno is still not known but a young boy whose mother occupied one of the shops, said: “I started feeling heat close to where I slept, I woke my elder brother but before we could get up, the smoke had covered everywhere. Immediately, we raise an alarm and students trooped out to quell the fire.”
According to the hall chairman, Sylvester Oluoha, students’ prompt response ensured that the fire did not extend to rooms in Block C, which would have been disastrous.
“The damage has been done, goods worth millions of Naira were destroyed, but we demand urgent reconstruction of this mini shop from the management as it is not only serving Tedderites but the entire students on campus,” he said.
The hall warden, Dr. K.O.K Popoola, appreciated the relentless efforts put up by students of the hall and their neighbours from Mellanby Hall to put out the fire.
Mr. Wale Olutayo, owner of Ebony cyber café beside the mini shop, whose computers and equipments were grossly affected, nailed the cause of the incident to an electrical fault.
Hamzat is a 300-level student of the University of Ibadan
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