He explained that this was achieved when NAF Jets and a helicopter gunship were scrambled to provide close air support to ground troops as they repelled a BHT attack on the location.
“The aircraft, upon arrival overhead the
Sad Xmas For Traders As Fire Destroys Onitsha Market
December 23, 2019
1:16 pm
Mysterious fire has razed goods worth millions of naira at yam, hotel, carpentry, and foam sections of Bridgehead market, Onitsha, Anambra State.
The cause of the inferno is yet to be ascertained as at the time of filing this report.
An eyewitnesses said that fire started at about 8.30 a.m when the traders were opening their shops and raged for about an hour before the traders themselves controlled it.
The president-general of Bridgehead Markets Traders Union, Chief Sunday Obinze who conducted newsmen round the scene, said they were suspecting an electrical fault.
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