Traders at Labaowo Market, Ogunpa, in Ibadan North West Local Government of Oyo State were on Wednesday thrown into confusion when a section of the market was razed by fire.

The market went up in flames at around 10am as an inflammable product (adhesive) allegedly caught fire destroying items worth millions of naira.

The President, Labaowo International Market, Alhaji Lukmon Alaka, said tragedy struck when a woman opened a can of gum near another woman who was cooking.

Alaka said, “A woman was cooking noodles beside her when the place went up in flames following an explosion. The shops went up in flames.”

He, however, stated that traders at the market had been warned against cooking in the market.

According to him, three people with five buildings were affected by the inferno. However, he said no life was lost in the incident.

Those injured were said to have been taken to an undisclosed hospital where they were treated and discharged.

Recalling that it was the second time the market would be razed by fire, Alaka said close to one billion naira worth of property were destroyed.

The chairman, while calling on the state government to provide fire station in the market, solicited assistance for victims of the inferno.

The Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations), Oyo State Command, Mr. Musa Kimo, who was at the scene, said they were expected to protect the people and ensure that hoodlums did not take advantage of the situation.

freecocoa: Na wa o

Wetin them dey sell for the market wey worth close to one billion? Abeg make that chairman easy with the lie.

Anyways i hope the government will do something for the affected people.

berem: what do you expect? We are conversant with the name "1billion naira". Our president is also eating food worth 1 billion naira too!

freecocoa: Na wa o

Wetin them dey sell for the market wey worth close to one billion? Abeg make that chairman easy with the lie.

Anyways i hope the government will do something for the affected people.

freecocoa: Na wa o

Wetin them dey sell for the market wey worth close to one billion? Abeg make that chairman easy with the lie.

Anyways i hope the government will do something for the affected people.

erniok:
Could be true. Ladipo mkt in lagos will definitely have that worth of goods in it.

Soyedele1: If u live in ibadan,you will understand better.I live in ibadan and I knw d worth of d market

freecocoa: It doesn't say ladipo.

freecocoa: I hear, the whole market was not burnt o, na part them talk and my dear forget the way the call figures anyhow in this country.

One billion na mega money.

Besides from what the story says, the section where the fire started is where a woman was cooking, you can guess what is being sold in that part of the market. True that the fire may spread but omo the figure large.

santakris: ?
It for humanbeings. Na wao.

amosy007:


U really don't have to argue what u knew nothing about ...ibadan happens to be one of those city in nigeria that doesn't have proper town planning and no specific place for those that cook or sell foods .. A woman can be doing her cooking beside a bank or anywhere she likes .. The fact that the woman sells food there doesn't mean the area is meant for food sellers alone ...besides have being to d market, its one of the major markets in ibadan that deals mostly with electronics and irons ...though I don't know the level of d damage but I can't dispute the figure ...because a shop there can have upto 25million and above what of goods ...that's just it

freecocoa: It doesn't say ladipo.

erniok:
I know it didn't say ladipo but the way you were coming hard on him insinuated he was lying. I was only drawing parallel comparism to correct such notion.

freecocoa: Okay no wahala for the sake of avoiding argument i will agree with you.

Even if 10 shops with goods worth 25m were burnt e no still reach 1 billion

#just thinking aloud.

freecocoa: I hear, the whole market was not burnt o, na part them talk and my dear forget the way the call figures anyhow in this country.

One billion na mega money.

Besides from what the story says, the section where the fire started is where a woman was cooking, you can guess what is being sold in that part of the market. True that the fire may spread but omo the figure large.

amosy007:

Did they indicate the number of shops that got burnt? Shops around there were built close to each other ...so if its ten shops that will be obvious lie ....though the money may not be upto that but hey what does it change ? People are jobless now with families to feed

5alive: Finally, dis we definitely affect d price of garri in this market

5alive: Finally, dis we definitely affect d price of garri in this market