He said, “I finally contacted the fire service at the Sabon Gari Main Market. They asked me to provide fuel for them, which I did before they could come to the scene.”
Alhaji Alin Ashiru, the chairman of Timber dealers in the market attributed the inferno to an electric spark. He reaffirmed that about 150 shops had been burnt to ashes, with property worth millions of naira destroyed. When contacted, the Head of Corporate Affairs, KEDCO, Abdul Azeez Abdullahi, confirmed the fire incident but denied that the electric spark caused it.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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