I usually go to Church on Saturdays; I don’t sell on Saturdays. It was my neighbour that came to the market who told me that the market where I do business was on fire. I rushed to this place. When I got here, I saw that all my oil in plastic containers, melon and other things I sell got burnt. I didn’t believe it. I started crying. Fellow women held me and told me that it was not death. They consoled me and told me that since I was alive, I could still start business again.
That is why I am begging our governor to help us. Since he came to power, he has been doing well in education, roads, flyover and other things. Let him also help us like he is helping people who lost their property to fire.I have five children. They are still very young.They called me while I was at home saying that all my goods in the market were destroyed by fire. I live very far, but I was able to get here to see what happened. I couldn’t even rescue any bag of garri.