The Lagos residence of a former Chief of General Staff, Oladipo Diya, was on Saturday engulfed by fire.
The fire, which reportedly started in the evening, was finally put off at around 7 p.m.
The house is located on 31, Adekunle Fajuyi Way, Ikeja GRA, Lagos.
Findings by newsmen revealed that Mr. Diya was not around at the time of the incident.
Efforts to speak with residents of the building, however, proved abortive as they declined to speak on the immediate cause of the fire incident.
Similarly, officials of the emergency agencies on ground to put off the fire, also declined to comment, ostensibly on the order of the residents.
Fatai Owoseni, Lagos State Commissioner of Police, who was also at the scene did not respond to questions from journalists.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that Diya was deputy to the late Nigerian military head of state, Sani Abacha, before he was removed and jailed by the late dictator for allegedly planning a coup.
See picture of building below: