Senate President sympathises with victims of Maiduguri market inferno

By Iyojo Ameh

The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan has sympathised with the victims of the early morning fire that gutted the popular Monday Market in Maiduguri, Borno State on Sunday.

Lawan sympathised with shop and property owners who must have suffered unquantifiable loss to the fire incident.

He also commiserated with the State Government and the entire people of Borno over the unfortunate incident and expressed the belief that the appropriate authorities would find out the cause of the incident with a view to preventing a recurrence.

“I commiserate with all the victims particularly the traders and shop owners who are directly impacted by the early morning fire incident at the Maiduguri Monday market.

“My sympathy also goes to the government and the entire people of Borno over the incident. We thank Almighty Allah that there was no report of loss of life in the incident.

“I have no doubt that relevant authorities will thoroughly investigate the cause of the fire outbreak to prevent a recurrence,” Lawan said.