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Nigeria: Obasanjo's Hilltop Residence On Fire

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The former president's home on fire.

The Abeokuta residence of former President Olusegun Obasanjo is on fire.

The cause of the fire at the palatial house, popularly called 'Hilltop Mansion located in the Ogun State capital, is unknown.

According to reports men of the fire service are on the scene battling to putting out the inferno.

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