By Usman Aliyu
Benin, March 1, 2021 The Edo chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), on Monday, expressed sympathy with traders at Oregbeni Market in Benin over loss of goods worth millions of naira to inferno at the weekend.
The party, in a statement issued in Benin by its state Assistant Publicity Secretary, Ofure Oshebo, prayed for quick recovery for the traders hospitalised due to the injury sustained from the fire incident.
The statement quoted the Chairman of the party’s state Caretaker Committee, Col. David Imuse (retd) as blaming the severity of the incident on neglect of the state Fire Service by the present administration.