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Osun fire: Come to our aid, shop owners beg state government
By Emmanuel Awosika
Shopowners whose shops were razed in an fire outbreak at the NIPOST shopping complex in Osun have pleaded with the state government to help alleviate their loss.
According to reports, a fire outbreak late Saturday evening at the shopping complex, which belongs to the Nigerian Postal Service, had razed about ten shops and destroyed goods worth millions of Naira.
Addressing newsmen at the scene of the fire on Sunday, the Iyalode of the state, Chief Awawu Asindemade, said the incident would make life difficult for the traders unless the state government cushioned their losses.
“The extent of the fire had shown that goods worth millions of naira had been razed by the infernor, a loss which is likely to ruin the life of victims, except the state government comes to their rescue”, she stated.
The head of the state’s Fire Service said firemen could not properly douse the fire, as hoodlums were looting the shops at the time.
“We deployed our men to the scene but the hoodlums that were on the rampage in Osogbo did not allow them to perform there duties at the scene”, she said.
