Fire Guts Gbenga Okunowo 's Home In Ibadan
Tuesday, July 24, 2012Omoba
An early Sunday morning fire has razed to the
ground the Ibadan duplex of ex-Barcelona and Eagles star Gbenga Okunowo. A
pathetic Okunowo himself told MTNFootball.com that his house was completely
razed to the ground by a fire coming from the NEPA office premises next door to
his house on Ring Road in Ibadan.
“My whole house is gone. Even the clothes, boxers and slippers I’m wearing now were given to me by friends,” he lamented.
“My passport, my European residence papers, my medals and trophies, all my belongings in the house were lost to the fire, which started around 2.30 am on Sunday from the NEPA compound next to my house. “I’m lucky that no one was injured from this fire. I had to escape from the fire for me to still be alive today
“I am still in a big shock, but I have contacted my lawyers to know what next to do.”
The former Barcelona of Spain fullback further told MTNFootball.com he
estimates that what he lost is worth over 80 million Naira.
MTNFootball.com checks showed that the entire upstairs of the house of the
house was destroyed, while about 10 cars in the NEPA compound were also burnt
completely apparently from a canteen in that compound.
Okunowo, a right back with attacking drive, recently returned to the Nigeria
Premier League (NPL) with Sunshine Stars, but will later be dropped by the
Akure club. He featured for Nigeria at the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations jointly
hosted by Nigeria and Ghana, where the Eagles were beaten in the final by
arch-rivals Cameroon.
He also represented Nigeria at U17 and U20 levels. Take Heart bro. i Hope the NFA should be able to do something.
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