Fire guts ex-ambassador's farm, destroys palm trees worth millions

Fire guts ex-ambassador's farm, destroys palm trees worth millions

DAILY TRUST

An early morning fire has gutted farmland located in Onipepe axis of Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, and destroyed palm trees worth millions of naira.

The farmland belongs to the former Nigerian Ambassador to Zambia/Malawi, Mrs Folake Marcus-Bello.

Our correspondent gathered that the fire incident which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday ravaged the 10 hectares of the farmland known as Folake B Farm, destroying over 500 palm trees among other farm products.

The cause of the fire at the farmland located along Siun-Sagamu-Abeokuta expressway was still unknown, but it was further gathered that the inferno lasted for about four hours, before it was put out…

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