At least 4000 Igbo traders in Kano rendered 'shopless' by Sabon Gari fire. 90% of market destroyed. Billions lost

Igbo traders count their losses

There is wailing and gnashing of teeth especially among 'Igbos of Northern Nigeria' as midnight fire razed over 4,000 shops at the popular Sabon Gari market in Kano, dominated by Igbo traders. The fire is reported to have destroyed 90% of the market and property worth billions of naira.