Traders count losses as fire guts traditional herbs market in Ibadan

By Adeola Badru
Traders at the popular Bode Traditional Herbs and Other Products Market, popularly known as Iso Alagbo, in the Ibadan South-West Local Government Area of Oyo State, are counting their losses following a devastating fire that swept through the market in the early hours of Friday.
Traditional herbs used in the treatment of various ailments, alongside other valuable goods worth millions of naira, were destroyed in the inferno.
The fire, according to reliable sources, reportedly started in one of the shops before rapidly spreading to adjoining stalls, leaving behind extensive destruction and losses that are yet to be fully quantified.
The affected traders, many of whom...