Otukpo market fire: Victims will be compensated – Former council boss, Alli

… says plans underway to relocate the market.

Immediate past Chairman of Otukpo Local Government Council of Benue State, Hon George Alli has sympathised with victims of the Otukpo market inferno of Monday 16th March, 2020 promising that government will come to the aid of those who lost properties in the incident.

Hon Alli gave the assurance Monday, while speaking in a telephone interview with Television Nigerian.

He noted that the nature of the market had made it difficult for fire trucks to gain access into the epicentre of the inferno but praised the efforts of spirited individuals and the firemen for their gallantry in bringing the situation under control.

Hon Alli noted that plans are underway to relocate the market to a safer location as talks have reached advance stage with some developers to build an ultramodern market to boost economic activities in the city.

He hinted that he had brief both the Governor and the Deputy Governor on the development and extracted their commitment towards alleviating the pains of the victims.