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At least 90 shops and offices were razed in the fire outbreak that occurred at Kairo market in Oshodi, Lagos, on Thursday night, destroying goods worth millions of naira.
The
Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) attributed the fire incident to ”some form of explosives and accelerants” used by unknown individuals.
Kairo Market, Oshodi, after the fire incident
When
PREMIUM TIMESvisited the scene on Friday morning, scores of traders gathered at the entrance of the market, counting their losses and lamenting the disaster.
Kairo market is a popular textile market within the Oshodi market, a home of textile wholesalers and retailers.
Eleven expended rounds of AK-47 ammunition were found at the location.
The commissioner for internal security and home affairs, Samuel Aruwan, said the bandits also killed one Musa Bala on the outskirts of Garu village in Igabi, after rustling an unspecified number of cattle belonging to Salmanu Beti, his brother.
He said security operatives gave pursuit and exchanged gunfire with the bandits as others escaped with gunshot wounds.
He also said two suspects, Ibrahim Bala and Salisu Yusuf, were arrested by the Police in Buruku, Chikun LGA, for providing medical services to bandits.
In another development Daily Trust also gathered that four people among them a pregnant woman and three children were also abducted by bandits at Gonar Lema along Kaduna- Birnin Gwari highway on Sunday.
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