“So far, goods worth over ₦850million was said to have been destroyed by the bomb blast with several shops also destroyed in the process.
He complained that though the men of the State Fire Service led by the chief fire officer, Mr. Martin’s Agbili, assisted by their counterparts in nearby Asaba in Delta State, responded swiftly but their operations were hampered due to congestion in the market. Mr. Orji also praised the Divisional Police Officer , Rabiu Garba, whom he said swiftly deployed officers and men to the market to guarantee security of goods and other properties belonging to the traders.