The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent visited the scene of the incident and reports that the three-storey building, other adjoining blocks with their wares were not spared by the inferno.
Mr Donatus Ezenwaka, a victim and Motorcycle Spare Parts dealer at the building told newsmen on Friday that he was called back at about 11 pm to his shop by a neighbour because the building was on fire.
“I came and it was as told me and there was a crowd around here.
“They said the fire began at the shop of a man who sells pure water in the building who has refrigerators in the building.