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Two Traders Found Dead After Fire Wey Burn Lagos Plaza

Wetin happen for Balogun Market wey dey Lagos Island dey scatter heart. Two guys don die as fire wey start for fourth floor of Great Nigeria Insurance House Plaza razz down the whole place. Na so e be, as di fire start, e just dey spread like wild fire, reach the sixth floor and even touch other buildings for the area.

According to PUNCH Online, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency dey carry out search and rescue, but na so dem discover di two bodies wey dem recover from di rubbles. One official, wey talk on condition sey make him no show face, confirm sey di first body dem recover at 11:03am, while di other one follow at 12:03pm. E be like say di building self don weak well well, as one part collapse wey trap traders inside.

Trader wey dey called Zacchaeus Afolayan explain say one of di guys wey die na market assistant wey dey help people carry their goods when di whole wahala start. “E don dey help traders pack their things when di building just fall on am like say na joke,” Afolayan yarn.

But di story no sweet at all, as people dey fear sey more traders dey under di collapsed section, including one Obum, wey be cloth seller wey dey China, but dey Nigeria for festive period. E don dey pack im goods when di building collapse. “Obum don call me around 2am from under di rubble, he say e dey alive, but e dey beg make we no make am die, as no one go take care of im pikin dem,” Afolayan talk.

Obum be from Umuoji for Anambra State, and him gist don touch plenty hearts, as everybody dey pray make dem find am alive. Afolayan even talk say di main guy don call again later, but this time im voice don dey weak well well.

Another trader wey call imself Charles join di gist, talk say people still dey call from under di rubble. “Two other people don call me, one of dem even get family wey don waka come from Onitsha because dem don hear sey im dey trapped.” Fire don turn Lagos Island market to playground for wahala, as e dey happen every year, dey burn goods wey worth plenty moni.


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