August 30, 2026
By Omeiza Ajayi
ABUJA: A fire outbreak has destroyed shops and goods reportedly worth millions of Naira at Eda Plaza, a building materials market located opposite Chida Hotel in Jabi, Abuja.
An eyewitness was quoted by the Nigerian Television Authority NTA as stating that the alarm was raised around 3am on Sunday when his brother-in-law, who owns two shops and a packing store within the affected plaza, received a distress call from a colleague at the market.
National Public Relations Officer and Head, Corporate Services at the Federal Fire Service, Deputy Controller of Fire Paul Abraham, who confirmed the incident to Vanguard, said a distress call about the fire, identified as the Eda Plaza fire, was received at 2:46am.
