MIDNIGHT FIRE CONSUMES IBADAN MARKET
Hear him, ‘the fire started by 12 midnight on Friday, and we immediately called on Oyo State Fire Service but unfortunately, when they got here, the norsel of their truck was not functioning, so we have to resolve to self-help by putting out the fire ourselves, or else, the lost would have been more than this.
Penpushing further reports that, the Babaloja noted that most of the owners of the shops affected by the fire just bought goods into their respective shops, adding that this was what makes the total value of the goods affected by the fire to be much.
“The shops that were affected include shop of a jewelries seller, shop of a food ingredients seller, shop of a provisions seller, red oil seller and herbs seller among others, five million, six hundred thousand was the worth of jewelries that got burnt, and most of the goods affected in the shops of the herbs seller cannot be replace because they were ancient goods that cannot be seen on market again.”
Penpushing also reports that, the market leader, however appealed to the Oyo State Government to come to their aids pointing out that the huge loss would be too difficult for the victims to bear,just as one of the victims, whose shops was also affected by the fire, Latifat Adegbola appealed to the Oyo State Government to assist them financially explaining that the money they used to buy the affected goods was collected based on interest.
“All my goods have been consumed by fire and the remaining ones are useless, we are calling on the state government to come to our aids so that we can survive”, she said
Also speaking to journalists Mariam Oladepo, pepper and onion seller said she lost goods worth N100, 00 to the inferno, adding that her shop has been raised by the fire and nothing remain for her and her children to feed on again.
Penpushing further reports that, the market women however alleged that the fire would have not gone to that extent if the Oyo State Fire Service truck that was deployed to the scene of the incident function properly.
