Mallam Garba Umar a Gubernatorial candidate under the platform of the NNPP paid unscheduled visit to sympathise with fire victims at the Potiskum main market.
Consoling with the victims Mallam Umar prayed Allah to prevent future occurrence.
The fire which engulfed most part of second hand cloth and Yam sellers was reported to have started around 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening.
Though no life was lost property worth millions of naira destroyed by the inferno.
During the visit the gubernatorial candidate of the NNPP, Mallam Garba Umar donated five hundred thousand naira to the traders affected by the incident.
Mallam Garba Umar said with their mandate in the forthcoming gubernatorial election, a new fire station will be build within the market to reduce destruction to property.
Ibrahim Zanwa
