The United Marketers Association of Potiskum and Yobe States Harmonised Traders Association have called on Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe to review the curfew restricting riding of motorcycles after 8pm across the state. In a letter to Gov Buni through the State Security Adviser, Gen Dahiru Abdulsalam (Rtd), the union said the call…
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A resident, Bello Musa, said they mobilised people to put out the fire but they could only do little as the inferno intensified beyond their efforts.
Meanwhile, Yobe State Governor, Mai Mala Buni, has commiserated with the victims and directed relevant agencies to take proactive measures.
Buni, in a statement by his spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, said he had directed the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) to provide the victims with all the necessary emergency support and to take stock of damages caused by the inferno.
Also, Senate President Ahmad Lawan has urged the Yobe State Government to investigate the cause of the fire outbreak with a view to averting the recurrence of the disaster.