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From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
A mysterious fire has razed yam ban worth over N4millon in Omege Noyo Alik, Ikwo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
The fire also razed other goods worth over N2million.
The disaster occurred on Monday.
Some of the victims including Michael Mbam and Jonathan Mbam said they were not in the house when they incident happened.
The explained that they were called by neighbours who saw smokes coming out from their compound.
They disclosed that their source of livelihood including their yam ban which cost above two million naira each were all consumed by the fire outbreak.
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They called on government, especially Governor Francis Nwifuru and other good spirited people to assist them overcome the ugly incident which if not controlled might lead to their early
untimely death.
One of their neighbours, Boniface Nome described the disaster as unfortunate.
He pleaded with stakeholders of Ikwo, public office holders and the State Government to assist the victims to recover from the huge loss.
Other sympathisers thanked God that no life was lost, but join in the call for people to assist the victims cursion the effect of such disaster.
As at the time of this report, there was no trace of the cause or source of the fire outbreak.
