One of Abuja’s biggest shopping malls, Next Cash And Carry Supermarket has been gutted by fire.
Roving Naija gathered that gigantic mall is situated in the Jahi Area of the Federal Capital Territory went up in flames around 10:00 am Sunday morning.
While the cause of the fire is for now unknown, massive looting is going on simultaneously even though the roads leading to the supermarket has been closed and the fire service are still trying to contain the fire.
The Head of Search and Rescue National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) Abuja, Labuan Ahman who spoke with Channels Television called on mutual aid fire services for support.
“The whole of Next Cash and Carry is on fire. We have the FCT and Federal Fire Services on the ground. We are calling on all mutual aid fire services to deploy to Next Cash and Carry. The mutual aid fire services are Julius Berger, CBN, and then the Armed Forces.
“We are calling on the Armed Forces, the Nigerian Navy, Nigerian Air Force, and the Army to provide support as they usually do,” Ahman said.
He stressed that they need urgent assistance to put out the fire which as at the time of this report has destroyed the major part of the entire building including the roof.
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