The Sokoto Central Market was gutted in the early hours of Monday 18th March, 2024
The cause of the fire, which affected the motorcycle part of the market, was not immediately known.
Another source disclosed that the fire at the Sokoto Central Market started from a trash site near the motorcycle section.
In response, the chairman of Motorcycles Marketers Association, Shehu Muhammad, claimed they couldn’t calculate the number of motorcycles destroyed by fire because the fire was still burning as of press time.
“We cannot quantify the number of motorcycles burnt down by the fire now because the fire is still raging,” he said.