Fire Razes Shops At Moniya

Properties worth millions of naira have been destroyed by an early morning fire at a property on Barracks Road, Moniya, Ibadan.

The fire incident which consumed four shops destroyed items such as herbs, automobile oil, clothing materials, kitchen utensils among others wares.

Some of the affected shop owners, Mrs Adeola Lawal, Mrs Nafiast Olayiwola and Mrs Kafilat Ajibola said they received distress calls on the incident early this morning.

The shop owners explained that by the time they rushed to the scene, the fire was already out of hand and they could not phantom the cause. 

All efforts of the sympathizers to quench the fire were fruitless as it could not be contained.

As at the time of filing this report, our correspondent observed that remnant from the incident have been packed while the Moniya Divisional Police Headquarters had been briefed.

Lekan Olayiwola