Nigerian singer Esegine Allen, better known as Orezi, is overjoyed and grateful to God for sparing his life following a devastating fire that destroyed his multimillion-naira Lekki mansion in Lagos.

Orezi was away from his house attending a conference in Lekki County at around the time the fire broke out His neighbor, Bobrisky, the well-known crossdresser, called to tell him that his house was on fire.

On Tuesday evening, the musician shared images and video of the destruction of his home on his Instagram story.*

He wrote: “I was at a meeting in Lekki County last night. When I got a call from my neighbour Bobrisky that my house was on fire, I initially thought this was a joke. I was like, Which kind yeye joke Bob Dey give me? So immediately I raced down to my house. What I saw broke me. “Last night was really hectic. Still trying to figure out and wrap my head around all that happened, I am sitting here asking myself why me God is indeed merciful. I can’t thank God enough.”