Fire Destroys the Booming Market in Maiduguri on Election Day

As people are busy casting their votes, fire is busy destroying property in the market.

On Saturday morning, a fire completely destroyed the second largest market in Maiduguri, Borno State, which was the Biu Central Market.
According to the reports, the unfortunate event took place not even two weeks after the town’s largest market, Monday Market, was demolished and over 10,000 shops were burned.

According to report, during the voting exercise, certain sections of the Biu Central Market were demolished, and during this time, traders who had not opened for business because of the elections rushed to the scene.

Aliyu Isa, the vice chairman of the Civilian Joint Task Force in Biu, stated that they were made aware of the outbreak at approximately nine in the morning.

He stated that the efforts of good Samaritans and the fire service were necessary in order to bring the blaze under control.

He said, “It has actually disrupted elections in some parts of the town, but people returned later to cast their votes.” “It has actually disrupted elections in some parts of the town.”

According to Isa, the section of the market in which timbers are sold was almost entirely destroyed by the fire.