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Shock as VGC fire truck fails to save Jimoh Ibrahim’s mom from mystery fire
Business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, has reportedly lost his mom, Theresa Jimoh, in a mystery inferno that consumed his Lagos, Victoria Garden City (VGC) home in the early hours of Saturday.
Men of the Lagos State Fire Service reportedly told newsmen that the home was fully engulfed in fire when they arrived , and that the fire fighting truck stationed at VGC had faults and could not be fully deployed to combat the inferno.
Her remains were said to have been retrieved by officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, who deposited them in a morgue.
The Director of the Lagos State Fire Service, Rasak Musbau, confirmed the incident, and said that residents had tried in vain to manage the inferno.
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“We got the call in the early hours of Saturday and the Lekki Fire Station responded to it. The VGC estate has a fire unit. So, before we were called, they had been trying to contain the fire on their own; but they were overwhelmed. Their vehicle also had a fault.
“When we got there, the fire was well alight. We recovered the woman with the joint efforts of LASEMA officials, who took away her corpse. What we gathered was that she always had prayer sessions, and maybe in the process, she lit a candle and slept off,” he said.
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