The unfortunate incident occurred Monday night, destroying properties worth millions of Naira.
Addressing the market leadership and some of the affected victims during a visit to the scene on Tuesday, Lawal extended his sympathy to the cellphone vendors and property owners who suffered unquantifiable losses to the fire outbreak. In a press release issued by the office of the Governor-elect signed by Sulaiman Bala Idris, Lawal prayed to God to avert any such unfortunate occurrence in the future even as he promised possible assistance to the victims.
“We are on this visit to empathise and commiserate with all the victims directly impacted by the fire disaster which occurred last night.