Fire gutted the popular Next Cash & Carry Supermarket in Abuja on Sunday morning, destroying goods worth billions of Naira.
As of the time this report was filed, the cause of the raging fire has yet to be ascertained.
The supermarket, which is one of the largest in the Nigerian capital, is the second major supermarket in the FCT to be gutted by fire in the past six months.
Recall Prince Ebeano Supermarket was gutted by fire on July 17, losing goods worth millions of naira.
Next Cash & Carry Supermarket is owned by former Anambra State Governor and Presidential candidate, Peter Obi.
The FCT Commissioner of Police, Babaji Sunday, was said to have arrived at the supermarket at exactly 1:54 p.m. to assess the situation.
Counting his losses, one of the suppliers at the Kado supermarket, who identified himself as Godwin, said he had just supplied goods worth N4.5million.
“In this Next Cash and Carry, I’m the youngest supplier. I’m a supplier of Silver Crest. What is paining me is that I gave them my goods for January and February and they have not been signed.
“We all know that Next does not have products, MIT is just a warehouse where you bring your product. They sell for you and you give them a percentage. If you sell for them at N30,000, Next will sell at N35,000. They take N5,000, give you your N30,000.
“My goods that have not been signed worth over N4.5million. Where am I going to start from?” he told journalists at the scene.”
