Breaking: Fire razes 200 shops in Makurdi market

An evening inferno has razed 200 shops in Makurdi Modern Market on Tuesday in Benue state.

A trader, James Ekeson who spoke to The Nation said the fire started at about 6:30 pm when the market was closed.

He said nobody can tell the cause of the fire as the market closed 5:30 pm and nobody remained behind.

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed.