Merchants on the Caring Coronary heart Market in Okitipupa, Okitipupa Native Authorities Space of Ondo State have appealed to Governor, Fortunate Aiyedatiwa over a hearth incident that razed their retailers and items price over N50 million.
The Information Company of Nigeria reviews that the reason for the midnight fireplace which began in one of many retailers and affected 18 on Thursday was nonetheless sketchy on Friday.
Some merchants who spoke with NAN in separate interviews on Friday on the market stated that they’d misplaced nearly all the pieces they’d.
They stated their losses embrace money, deep freezers, mills, stabilisers, followers, umbrellas and frozen meals.
A frozen meals vendor, Mrs. Faye Morayo, stated she simply stocked her store with fish, turkey and different gadgets to fulfill with calls for through the Christmas and New Yr celebrations.
She stated that she misplaced gadgets price over N3 million together with three large deep freezers, two large mills, two large stabilisers and nylon price N25,000 within the incident.
“I borrowed cash to inventory my store for the festivities. Now, all the pieces is gone. I plead with Aiyedatiwa to come back to our support financially, as now we have nothing left,” she stated.
Bosede Enufo, a widow with six kids, stated she was heartbroken and devastated, as she didn’t know the following factor to do.
She lamented dropping over N7 million to the hearth, being the price of large deep freezers, mills, stabilisers, large umbrellas, gross sales nylon, inventory of fish and turkey.
“I enchantment to Aiyedatiwa to help all victims of the incident, praying that God Almighty will likely be with him and his household too,” Enufo stated.
One other sufferer, Mrs Modupe Akimtimiwa, bemoaned the lack of over one million price of products.
She appealed to the governor to help all victims with cash and assist in renovating the burnt retailers, as their necks had been deep in loans that they needed to repay.
Chief Florence Irinyemi, the Iyalaje of Idepe-Okitpupa, instructed NAN that the safety guard on the market raised the alarm of the hearth incident round 1:00 am on Thursday.
She urged the state authorities to revive the comatose Okitipupa Fireplace Service to have the ability to reply swiftly and scale back harm attributable to such incidents.
“We thank our royal father, Oba Michael Adetoye-Obatuga, the Jegun of Idepe Okitipupa who acted swiftly instantly after I referred to as him, as he referred to as the Benin Electrical energy Distribution Firm (BEDC) to modify off electrical energy, else the entire market would have been razed.
“Many of those market girls have misplaced nearly all the pieces they’ve, we enchantment to the state authorities to help them financially and rebuild the burnt retailers,” she stated.
(NAN)
