Residents of the Maiduguri Metropolis, in Borno – northwest Nigeria are still in shock over a fire incident that consumed the state’s largest market.
Known as the Monday market, the emergency department was alerted Sunday of a fire there that reportedly started in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Hundreds of shops were razed and goods worth billions of naira were destroyed.
Oge Obierika has more in this report by Hadiza Abbani in Maiduguri – northeast Nigeria.