A midnight fire has destroyed yams worth over N200 million at the famous Wukari Yam Market in Wukari Local Government Area of Taraba.
Confirming the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Wukari yesterday, the Chairman of the Council, Mr Adi Grace, said several barns of yams in the largest yam market in the state were razed down by the fire.
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Similarly, the Chairman of the Yam Market Association, Mr Anthony Agbu, who conducted reporters round the market, said that the fire was noticed at about 2am on Saturday.
Agbu said that tubers of yams alongside other valuables such as motorcycles were destroyed.
He said that the cause of the inferno was yet unknown, but estimated that yams worth over N200 million were burnt to ashes, a situation which he believed would have negative impact on the traders. (NAN).
