Goods worth millions of naira have been razed in a late-night fire outbreak at the popular Aleshinloye Market in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
The fire, which reportedly started around 9pm on Tuesday, gutted the Plastic Merchants area of the popular market and destroyed hundreds of shops and goods, disrupting livelihoods in the process.
The combined efforts of firefighters from the government and private companies within the state battled the fire all night and brought it under control but embers of fire continued to ravage affected areas.
The Chairman of Ibadan South West Local Government Area, Kehinde Akande, under which the market falls was on an on-the-spot assessment of the area.
He told journalists that the extent of damage could not yet be ascertained but promised that the state government would investigate and do needful.
