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Updated: Fire Razes Gen Diya’s Lagos Home (+Video)

There have been reports of an inferno at the private residence of Nigeria’s former Chief of General a Staff, Gen. Oladipo Diya (rtd), located on Adekunle Fajuyi Way, Ikeja GRA, in Lagos.

The cause of the fire has not been ascertained.

A video posted on social media shows men of the Nigerian Fire Service and emergency workers battling to put out the fire at the time of filing this report.

Lagos-based Television Continental (TVC) reports that men of the Nigerian army have cordoned off the house from members of the public.

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