Union dismisses rumour of fire outbreak in Anambra market

• Published date: 08 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

AUTHORITIES of Anambra State Markets Amalgamated Traders' Association (ASMATA) has refuted alleged fire outbreak at Ogbaru Relief, (main) market last Friday.

Some media outfits had reported that some plazas in the market were on Friday gutted by fire, destroying goods worth millions of naira.

But President-General, Chief Humphrey Anuna described the report as false and unfounded, expressing dismay at the social media fake report, saying such thing never happened in the said market or in any markets in the State.

He said such fake news was capable of triggering blood pressure on hearing the news which could lead to sudden death.

He said, 'There was no such fire outbreak in Ogbaru Relief (Main) market, nor in any market in the State. It was a figment of the imagination of the social media writer.

'Such fake news by the social media should be stopped to avoid sudden death because somebody who is having...