All Progressives Congress (APC) Vice-Presidential candidate, Senator Kashim Shettima on Sunday evening donated N100million to the victims of Maiduguri market inferno.
Scores of traders at Maiduguri Market, Borno State were left distraught as properties worth millions of naira were consumed by a raging inferno early Sunday morning.
Maiduguri market, which is the biggest in North East was gutted by fire in the early hours of Sunday and Shettima announced the donation during his visit to Governor of the state, Babagana Zulum to sympathise with the government and people of the state.
He said: “I am here to commiserate with Governor Zulum, His Eminence, the Shehu of Borno and the people of Borno State, over the sad development.
“As my modest contribution towards cushioning the effects of the sad incident, I am making a personal donation of N100million for the victims of the fire disaster.
“I have spoken with my Principal, His Excellency, Senator Bola Tinubu and he requested me to convey his heartfelt sympathy to the government and people of Borno State.
“He promised to personally come to Maiduguri this week to condole the government and people of Borno State over the incident.
“Asiwaju knows the deep love and affection that the people of Borno hold for him and he wants to reciprocate by personally coming and also contributing handsomely towards assisting the victims of the fire incident.”