Traders at a popular market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, lamented their losses when their over 40 shops were completely razed to the ground after a fire incident.
Though, no life was lost, the incident, which happened at the popular Oranyan Market, herbal section, in the Ibadan North East Local Government Area of the state, destroyed multimillion naira property and herbs.
Some of the victims, Fatimoh Adebimpe, the market youth leader, Kafaya Lucky, and Kehinde Moronfade, lamented that the cause of the fire incident was still sketchy as no single food vendor was in the market when it began.
Confirming the incident to newsmen the General Manager of the state fire service, Yemi Akinyinka, said the headquarters received a fire emergency call at exactly 23:25hrs on the incident.
He said, the incident affected 20 prefabricated shops out of multiple adjourning rows of shops.