Agony, Wailing As Fire Guts Ladipo Market, Goods, Properties Worth Millions Gone

By Akinwale Kasali

Properties and Goods worth hundreds of millions in Naira and Dollars have been razed down at the popular Spare Parts Ladipo Market, Mushin, Lagos. The market was engulfed by fire.

No one had the premonition of the unfortunate incident that saw tears and agony on the faces of shop owners at the at at affected section of the market called – Aguiyi Ironsi International Trade Center, Paramo, Ladipo Market. The areas were razed down to ashes.

The tragic incident happened  Friday night and razed down several shops, as efforts to put  fire out  were in vain until the Emergency Responders comprising of Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA, Lagos Response Team, LRT, LASEMA Response Unit Fire, LRU, Lagos State and Federal Fire Services stormed the scene to put off the fire after concerted efforts proved abortive.

The cause of the fire is yet to be ascertained as at Press time, but the President-General, Ladipo Central Executive Auto Dealers Association (LCEADA), Jude Nwankwo in a Facebook, live, on his page called for support and prayer for the shop owners.

In the Live Facebook Video, Nwankwo could be heard screaming on top of his voice; “I’m reporting live at the scene, this is Ladipo President speaking, I don’t know what the cause of this fire is, all the time, we need your intervention. Ladipo is on fire. God should come in and rescue us,” Nwankwo lamented.

No casualty has been recorded, so far, but goods  worth millions of naira have been gutted by fire.

Shop owners were at the scene to battle the outbreak, and also retrieve few goods they could lay their hands on as the fire raged.

It would be recalled that on several occasions there had been rumours that the Market was on fire, but were  confirmed as false. Sadly, not this time.