Breaking: Fire Guts Popular Market in Cross River
By Missang AKPET
The Ogoja local government central market Ishibori, was yesterday Tuesday January 7 2025 gutted by fire, destroying goods and properties worth millions of Naira.
The inferno occurred less than two days after the Ogoja Division of the state high court went up in flames.
Eyewitness report revealed that the fire started around 8:45pm and as at press time the Cross River State Fire Service was not available to curtail the inferno.
Our source revealed to THE BEAGLE NEWS that the Cross River State Fire Service Office in Ogoja is in a deplorable condition with no functional service vehicles. According to him, the offices are are in a very bad condition without roofs leaving the officers to seek solace under trees.
This might explain why the fire service is unable to perform their functions whenever there is an outbreak in Ogoja.
Ogoja Fire Service Office
Ogoja Fire Service Admin Block
Recall that on Sunday, January 5, 2024, a fire outbreak also ravaged the Cross River High Court building in Ogoja, causing severe damage to the court’s infrastructure.
This is the second major outbreak to occur in Ogoja metropolis in just the first week of the new year 2025.
As at press time, the cause of the fire could not be ascertained.
