A section of the Trademore estate market in Lugbe, Abuja, has been razed by fire.
The incident occurred in the early hours of Monday.
Manzo Ezekiel, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) spokesperson, confirmed the incident to TheCable.
“I was awoken by calls as early as around 4am concerning the fire at the market, at the Trademore market,” the spokesperson said.
“I put calls across to our contacts. In fact, when I called our contact centre, they confirmed to me that they had received similar alerts.”
Ezekiel said personnel of the fire service have put out the conflagration.
“And we were trying to reach the fire service. So, thank God, we were able to mobilise and the fire service arrived at the spot and they have put out the fire,” he added.
“The incident happened this morning, I was alerted around 4-5, a few minutes to 5 o’clock.”
The NEMA spokesperson added that he cannot confirm if there were casualties, as he is currently out of Abuja on an assignment in Sokoto.
On November 4, fire engulfed the Ajah market in Lagos, destroying property and goods worth millions of naira.