An evening fire has reportedly razed 200 shops in Makurdi Modern Market, Benue State, on Tuesday.
A trader at the market, James Ekeson, said the fire started at about 6:30p.m. when the market had been closed.
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He said nobody can tell the cause of the fire as the market closed 5:30p.m. and nobody remained behind.
Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.
Details later…