Ogbe-Ijoh Main Market inferno: Okotie-Eboh Urges Delta Govt To Provide Market With Security, compensation

By Our Correspondent in Warri

The Delta State Government has been charged to provide adequate security at the popular Ogbe-Ijoh Main market in Warri South LGA of the State to check the perennial fire disaster that has become the bane of the traders and victims.

Prince John Okotie-Eboh made the call Monday when he paid an on the spot assessment of the damaged portion of the market and commiserated with the victims.

The fire incident which occured in the night of Wednesday 7th, 2023 resulted in the lost of goods running into millions of Naira.

He expressed regret and sadness over the incident describing it as “one fire incident too many” and appealed to the State and Local Government authorities to come to their financial assistance to cushion the effects of the monumental lost most especially during this yuletide period couple with the current economic hardship in the country.

Okotie- Eboh expressed regret that the state government having settled the youths during the Warri crisis to vacate the arena returned and have turned the place into a nightmare to the traders harrassing and imposing all manner of illegal levies daily on them.

Some of the affected traders who spoke to newsmen on the ugly incident lamented their plight and appealed to the government and well meaning Nigerians to come to their aid even as they tasked the government on securing the market and nipping such incident in the bud in future.

The Executive Chairman of Warri South LGA, Hon (Dr.) Michael Tidi, had promised to investigate the perennial inferno with a view to taking proactive steps to prevent future occurrence.