NewStats: 3,265,183 , 8,185,930 topics. Date: Friday, 13 June 2025 at 07:04 PM 3i3o4n

An angry mob in the ancient town of Akesan in Oyo State attacked a fire station in protest after the popular Akesan market went up in flames in the early hours of Sunday.

Akesan market is famous for sale of wide range of food items, local artifacts, clothing materials, household utensils and more. Goods and valuables worth millions of Naira were said to have been destroyed in the fire.

Eyewitnesses said that the inferno started around 12:30am. Although the immediate cause of the fire is yet to be confirmed, some people, however, attributed the incident to electric spark.

Traders were seen wailing and weeping profusely as all efforts to quench the fire did not yield positive response, it was learnt that the firefighters from Oyo could not move to the scene of the incident because their equipment was not in good shape. The Fire Station in Oyo is only 20 meters to the market.

The people of the town reportedly went wild with rage when the official on duty told them that they could not do anything to quell the raging fire because there was no water in their fire truck. Some of the traders called for help as they stated that most of them borrowed loan from Microfinance banks and need to repay.

The enraged mob reportedly set up the truck and other property at the Fire station on fire in protest.

Firefighters from Ibadan had arrived at the scene with a backup from Ogbomoso to battle the inferno.

A community leader who was also at the scene, urgd the government is to reconstruct the market and the traders with no interest loan.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NawIbNUVHA

https://punchng.com/just-in-mob-sets-fire-station-ablaze-after-fire-guts-market-in-oyo/amp/

Lmao. But where they paying service charge before the incidence to warrant such a vindictive and savage act

Who did we offend na

See how people transferred aggression to property that is meant to be of use to the general public.
Why not march to the government house!

If you truly must be fair about the state of Nigeria, you must agree that the countries leaders and citizens are all mad.

Bitter but true. An average Nigeria is insane and this class of people far outnumber the sane ones who mostly are not even in the country.

A ratio of about 1:10,000,000

Ryda:
Who did we offend na

See how people transferred aggression to property that is meant to be of use to the general public.
Why not march to the government house!

Which general public? Is the market not a general public?
A fire incident of the said magnitude occurred and the fire service was not put to use when it is most needed, what then is the use of the fire service?

Is it not better it is burnt down so people will know there is no such service available?

I don't unruly behaviours but sometimes you can't just help it and in this case, they are right

Simplyleo:

Which general public? Is the market not a general public?
A fire incident of the said magnitude occurred and the fire service was not put to use when it is most needed, what then is the use of the fire service?

Is it not better it is burnt down so people will know there is no such service available?

I don't unruly behaviours but sometimes you can't just help it and in this case, they are right

See how you just ed unruly behaviour.
So burning down the fire station will bring back the burnt market?

You are wrong.

Hj

Hm

Instead of taking their violence to the government they took it to an innocent building...


Nigerians are a funny breed.. Our stupidity should be studied in foreign universities

the sum of two wrongs will never equal a right.

Fire destroys Market, Angry mob becomes enraged that the fire can't be fought and destroys Fire Station. that is:

Parte after Parte

And should there be another fire tomorrow

Backward reasoning

They shld just set Nigeria on fire




1 idiotic meat seller is happy nd hoping there is enof burnt suya at d scene

Madness Everywhere

Since the fire station isn't functioning, it should not exist

Nawa for Naija people ooo

God please protect peoples lives over there

Misplaced priority i must say,why destroying government property? What if another incident happens in the future..... Most Nigerians are going insane day by day....

What's going on here...

helinues:
And should there be another fire tomorrow

Backward reasoning

I'm not justifying their actions though but if there's another fire tomorrow, would it really makes any difference?

That is we if go by their antecedents

Makinde media team over to una

Fire fighter could not do anything cuz equipment was bad, ehn, equipment was bad in this 2020, this is not 2019 ooo, 2020, and there is still no equipment... And people go to work there everyday, they have oga, they collect salary, and the oga self have oga...



Maybe this country is cursed or something, it seems everything is wrong and nothing is working...

No light everywhere darkness, millions never use light this year...

Fire they burn, fire fighter say him no get equipment? why you con dey exist?

My mom is a trader, so I know how those market women feel, that's a terrible thing to happen, worse is firefighter wey no get equipments...

All goods, shops, money, owo oni rice, iya elewa, mama oni garri, iya olonje, all of them BIG shenking...

Blame the local government chairman, senator, governor then buhari himself, they are responsible

I know this market,close to Alaafin of Oyo palace

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itsme01:
Makinde media team over to una

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More to rebuild and compensate.

Great loss

Nigeria a country filled mostly with mentally unstable people.

Ryda:
Who did we offend na

See how people transferred aggression to property that is meant to be of use to the general public.
Why not march to the government house!

u can't understand.... Under such circumstance

Same property has failed to serve the public.... When a fire station( of close proximity to the market) gave a reason of not having water and the fire service had to come in from Ibadan and ogbomosho(different town.. not less than 1 hour drive).. to quench the fire..

Don't blame then...

Who will they now blame if there was another fire today.they decided to fight fire with fire.
On the other hand pls how can mtn 4g be ing at 100kb/s which kind thing be this.

Ryda:
Who did we offend na

See how people transferred aggression to property that is meant to be of use to the general public.
Why not march to the government house!

Must you be mad

Simplyleo:

Which general public? Is the market not a general public?
A fire incident of the said magnitude occurred and the fire service was not put to use when it is most needed, what then is the use of the fire service?

Is it not better it is burnt down so people will know there is no such service available?

I don't unruly behaviours but sometimes you can't just help it and in this case, they are right

Ranka dede.... you too get sense