Anambra: Fire guts market, destroys shops.

… enemies of Ndigbo behind fire incidents- Obidigbo

Some shops at the Ogbo Osisi (Timber )Market Bridgehead, Onitsha in Anambra State have been gutted by fire, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports.

No one has been able to ascertain the cause of the fire but it was gathered that it started late in the evening on Saturday.

Confirming the incident in a statement, the Anambra State fire chief, Martin Agbili, said the men of the state fire service have been deployed in the fire scene.

Reacting ,an elder statesman and former governorship aspirant in Anambra, Dr Chike Obidigbo has cautioned against the spate of fire incidents in Anambra market and stated that this might be work of enemies of Ndigbo. He charged security agencies in the state to properly investigate the fire incidents in Anambra market with a view to unraveling those who are bent on destroying Igbo economy

I have deployed our firefighters to the fire scene. They are there fighting the fire,” Agbili said.

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