The Sokoto central market is currently on fire.
The fire gutted the motorcycles section of the market.
According to eyewitness account, the fire started around 6am this morning but it cause was not immediately established.
However, another source revealed to our reporter that, the fire emanated from a solid waste dumping site which was closed to motorcycles market.
The chairman of Motorcycles Marketers Association, Shehu Muhammad said they could not quantify the number of motorcycles destroyed by fire because it is still burning.
“We cannot quantify the number of motorcycles burnt down by the fire now because the fire is still raging.
“But many people lost their sides along with their motorcycles because they could not come in time as the fire started around 6am this morning,” he said
“But the men of the federal and state fire service are currently battling but I know it will take some times before they can quench it all,” he said
He appealed to the state government to come to the aid of those who lost their property during the inferno.