One person was confirmed injured, while goods worth several millions of Naira were destroyed as no fewer than 15 shops were destroyed at the Oba Lipede Market, Kuto, in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
Vanguard reliably gathered that the inferno started around quarter past 10:00 pm on Saturday from one the makeshift shops outside the market.
It was gathered that some of the goods caught in the inferno included rice, provisions, bananas, pots among others.A couple, Basiru and Tolani Moses, had their shops, located next to each other in the market, razed down by the fire. The Commissioner for Special Duties, Funmi Efuwape, the Director of the State Emergency Management Agency , Wale Sonde, Director of State Fire Service, Fatai Adefala, the Chairman of Abeokuta South Local Government, Omolaja Majekodunmi, were among those that visited the market on Sunday morning to assess the situation.Speaking with newsmen, Efuwape said, “The fire outbreak was just because of these shanties erected outside the main market building.
Efuwape disclosed that the main market building will undergo an integrity test to ascertain its safety, while the government will roll out measures to renovate the market.
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