Police battling to contain looters at Calabar shopping mall gutted by fire

Men from the Nigeria Police Force successful Calabar person been battling to incorporate store looters taking vantage of the devastating occurrence ravaging the SPAR buying mall.

The Public Relations Officer, PRO, of the authorities command, ASP Eitokpah Sunday Akata, said the occurrence whitethorn person been caused by an electrical fault.

He said, “Our men person been connected the crushed since greeting erstwhile the occurrence incidental happened. We are battling to incorporate the miscreants and different looters trying to cart distant invaluable goods salvaged.

“We person been capable to obstruction affected areas to cordon disconnected the miscreants.

“No casualties person been recorded truthful far.  Properties and goods person been damaged badly. We cannot estimation the grade yet. The origin of the occurrence whitethorn beryllium said to beryllium an electrical fault.”

Many store owners were precise affectional arsenic they watched their shops and goods spell up successful flames; galore wailed uncontrollably portion the occurrence ravaged their goods, which they claimed were successful aggregate millions of Naira.

Some whose security had either expired oregon was non-existent lamented their loss.

One specified store proprietor who deals successful second-hand merchandise, Orji Alphonsus, said helium had hired the store hardly a twelvemonth agone and had sunk successful some loans helium obtained and his full savings

“I americium wholly ruined, helium wailed, my full savings are gone. How astir the loans I...