A multi-million naira power plant project allegedly abandoned by Federal Government has been razed down at Oke-Agbe, in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State.
The Maura Power plant, Oke-Agbe was established by the former president Goodluck Jonathan’s administration and abandoned by the successive government, report said.
The cause of the inferno is yet to be established at the time of filing this report.
However, an eyewitness said the fire destroyed the entire power plant and there was no effort to put it out following the absence of the men of the Ondo State Fire Service.
“We just saw he place burning suddenly and we don’t know what could have caused it and the fire fighters were not on ground to put out the fire because they are not in this local government,” the source said.
In his reaction, a community leader, Chief Owolabi Abanikanda said, “Oke-Agbe is in sorrowful mood over the colossal loss of the multi-million naira electricity equipment to the unfortunate fire.”
Confirming the development, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO in the state, CSP Femi Joseph said that investigation had begun.
“We are yet to know the cause of the fire but we have commenced investigation,” he said.