Report has it that a fire incident broke out at the home of the minister of state of petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu. This is coming barely 2 weeks after a memo which the minister addressed to president Buhari concerning allegations of insubordination by the NNPC boss, Maikanti Baru got leaked. The memo accused Baru of giving out contracts worth $25billion without recourse
to the NNPC board which Kachikwu chairs.A report by The Cable indicates that the private residence of Ibe Kachikwu, caught fire on Sunday, October 15. The fire reportedly started in the bedroom of the minister of state for petroleum in the evening.
The house is located in Asokoro, a highbrow area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
According to unnamed sources quoted in the report, the fire was as a result of a suspected electrical fault to the air conditioners. The source said: “Kachikwu was not at home when it happened, but thankfully the fire service reacted quickly and put out the fire before things could go out of hand.”
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