Early morning fire razes Oba of Benin market in Edo [photos]

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A fire on Monday morning struck the Oba market, named after the Oba, in Benin City, destroying shops and goods valued at millions of naira.

A combined team of firefighters from the federal and Edo state units, the Nigerian Army School of Supply and Transport, and Nigerian Petroleum Development Corporation helped put the fire out.

 

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