Great Nigeria Tower Fire: Heartbroken Businesswoman Weeps as She Loses 2 Shops to Flames, Posts Clip

• A Nigerian businesswoman wept bitterly as she lost her two shops in the fire incident at the Great Nigeria Tower in Lagos Island
• She showed a video of her shop before the fire and after the flames affected them, and many people felt sorry for her
• The major fire erupted at the 22-storey Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street in Lagos Island on December 24, 2025

A businesswoman, Akanbi Abimbola Raimot, cried in pain after losing her two shops in the fire that engulfed a 22-storey-building in Lagos Island, Lagos state.

Emergency responders battled the fire at the plaza known as the Great Nigeria Insurance House, located on Martins Street in the Lagos Island area of Lagos state, on December 24, 2025.

In a TikTok video by @bimzee.collections, the woman showed how the fire burnt the plaza and affected her shop.

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She captioned the video:

"So my shop is gone like that. Haa God what have I done to deserve this God?"

The woman also revealed that she had two shops.

In a chat with Legit.ng, the woman said:

"I have been using the shops since 5 years ago and the day the incident happened I just received some market I ordered from China. Almost 15-16 millions are in the shops

" After the fire incident I don’t know what to do next bcus there’s no helper in anywhere that I can run to only God is the hope I have left in me."

Watch her TikTok video below:

In another video, she showed how the shops were before the fire incident destroyed her business.

She captioned the video:

"Vanity upon vanity."

Reactions as woman loses 2 shops to fire

@Christywheels_motors said:

"Imagine buying something online from all this vendor omo."

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@avoidme said:

"Na every year dis place Dey burn same as last year. So sorry God we reward you."

@humble last born said:

"All my 3shop was gone just coming back home this morning. But my market was save."

@Ayo_Abdvl said:

"How this big building no go get fire protec…? Sprinklers,Smoke detectors,fire Alerts, Extinguishers,na wetin Buildings like this suppose get normally no be everything be government sef Many things could have been prevented if we all start taking preventive measures and cautions."

@IR€MIDE said:

"Thank God for me, I left this building is not up to 30minutes before the fire outbreak and I was at the 23rd floor."

@Adanneya said:

"This building ., was plaining to go there yesterday cos I hv a customer I buy show from., I was so tired , couldn’t go again.. God wat if I went ,,, Watin I wan tell my maker?.. so sorry for those who lost their goods."

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@debbybliss said:

"My goods just arrived yesterday for the ship company that is here. Why God have not heal for lost of shop and now another lost."

In a related story, Legit.ng reported that the last plan of Olumide Oyefodunrin, who died in the Afriland Towers fire, emerged online.

United Capital employee's last words emerge

Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the last words of an employee of United Capital Plc who died in the Afriland Towers fire were made public.

Kehinde Adeoye's final words to her husband broke hearts, as many sympathised with her family and others who loved her.

United Capital and some other offices were affected when the tower caught fire in September 2025, and some employees lost their lives.

Proofreading by Kola Muhammed, copy editor at Legit.ng.

Source: Legit.ng