200 shops burnt in Onitsha
No fewer than 200 shops and goods worth over N100 million were burnt in Ose Okwuodu food stuff market in Onitsha, Anambra State, on Saturday.
The fire, according to an eyewitness, started at about 3 a.m.
Conducting journalists around, the chairman of the market, Sunday Ewulum, expressed sadness over the fire outbreak.
Mr. Ewulum said he was contacted about the disaster by security men stationed at the market at about 3 a.m. He added that men of the fire service from Okpoko and Main Market, Onitsha, as well as some traders, battled for hours to put out the fire to save the rest of the market.
He appealed to the Anambra Government and the State Emergency Management Agency to come to the aid of the affected traders.
The President of Amalgamated Market Traders Association of Anambra State, AMATAS, Okwudili Ezenwankwo, said the state government’s attention would be drawn to the plight of the affected traders.
Mr. Ezenwankwo noted that efforts were underway to educate the traders on the need to insure their goods. He appealed to the government to set up a panel of inquiry to determine the cause of the fire.
Source: Legit.ng
