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.... ....   Home  |  Cover Stories  |  National Newsreel  |  Politics  |  Business  |  Sports  |  World  | Contact  | Advert Rates  Towards a better life for the people Search The Archives   Cover Stories National News South West Niger Delta South East North Politics Business Sports World Viewpoints Features   Multi-million naira property lost as fire razes Tejuosho Market in Lagos By Emma Nnadozie, Albert Akpor ,Olasukanmi Akoni, Salami Saidi and Margaret Odeyemi. Friday, July 30, 2004 LAGOS—Properties worth millions of naira were yesterday lost to an early morning inferno which gutted parts of the popular Tejuosho market in Yaba Local Government Area of Lagos state leaving traders bemoaning their extensive losses. The fire which reportedly started around 3am at the fabrics section popularly called ‘Okirika’ spread wildly to other areas of the market destroying both goods and physical cash yet to be estimated. However, Governor Bola Tinubu who visited the burnt market sympathized with the victims and promised to ensure speedy reconstruction of the market with proper equipment and all necessary facilities in line with town planning laws. Eyewitness account said the fire which its cause was unknown spread fast to other parts of the market and all efforts made by officials of Lagos State fire service and some officials of Julius Berger fire service who arrived their on time to get to the point of the inferno were made impossible as they could not gain easy access into the area. Some hoodlums and miscreants popularly known as 'Area Boys' capitalized on the confusion to loot goods and other properties. A detachment of anti-riot policemen who arrived at the market cordoned off the whole area thereby warding off the hoodlums.   Most of the traders who were interviewed told Vanguard that they will not attribute the fire t   BNW News Voice of Biafra | Biafra World | Biafra Online | Biafra Web | MASSOB | Biafra Forum | BLM | Biafra Consortium           © 2001 BNW BiafraNigeriaWorld  Privacy Policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Powered by ACENetwork ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------    Axiom PSI Yam Festival Series, Iri Ji Nd'Igbo the Kola-Nut Series,Nigeria Masterweb Norimatsu | Nigeria Forum | Biafra | Biafra Nigeria | BLM | Hausa Forum | Biafra Web | Voice of Biafra | Okonko Research and Igbology | | Igbo World | BNW | MASSOB | Igbo Net | bentech | IGBO FORUM | HAUSA NET (AWUSANET) | AREWA FORUM | YORUBA NET | YORUBA FORUM | New Nigeriaworld | WIC: World Igbo Congress