Sokoto Central market on fire
By Our Reporter
Motorcycles worth millions of naira were destroyed Monday morning as the Sokoto Central market was razed by fire.
Sources revealed that the fire started early Monday morning
from a dump site close to the motorcycle section.
The chairman of Motorcycles Marketers Association, Shehu Muhammad, who spoke to newsmen over the incident said they could not quantify the number of motorcycles destroyed by fire because the fire was still raging.
“We cannot quantify the number of motorcycles burnt down by the fire now because the fire is still raging.
“But many people lost their shops along with their motorcycles because they could not come in time as the fire started around 6am.
“But men of the federal and state fire services are currently battling to put of the fire but I know it will take some time before they can quench it all,” he said.
Muhammed appealed to the state government to come to the aid of the traders who lost their property yo the inferno.
