VIDEO: Fire Guts Bodija Market In Ibadan, Destroys Goods
In the metropolis of Ibadan, Oyo State, a portion of the well-known Bodija market was completely destroyed by fire, NGNEWS247 gathered.
The damaged sites are inside the well-known market, at Ori-Igi, Daleko, and Iso lwà.
One of the damaged merchants, Ganiyu Asimiyu, claimed that the fire, which destroyed a portion of the market at 3 am, originated from an unidentified source.
Isiaka Kafilat, a different aggrieved trader, claimed that the event cost her goods worth roughly 2 million naira, NGNEWS247 reports.
The Oyo state fire service acted quickly to put out the fire before it could spread to other areas of the market.
Watch the video below:
VIDEO: Suspected scavengers storm razed Bodija market pic.twitter.com/CyMHMPDID0
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