police & mortuary sources in the Freetown have confirmed the suspected gang-rape & brutal murder of a young woman, Isha Kamara whose semi-n*ked body was discovered on the Lumley beach last night.According to received reports, in the early hours of this morning a lady of age approximately twenty years called Isha said to be staying at the back of Paddy’s, Aberdeen, an alleged prostitute identified by a colleague in the same enterprise; Olivia, who said she came to know her about a week ago. According to the Information Officer of Aberdeen Division, Inspector. Bah, the matter as receive police attention. Meanwhile, the LUC Aiah Samadia and the Regional Commander Freetown West Mr Augustine Kailie are planning to initiate a new strategy as how to curb or put a final stop to this unholy, barbaric diabolical and disheartening activities at the Aberdeen beach and it’s environment.
Few hours after fire razed Birnin Kebbi Central market, the Abubakar Rimi Market, was razed leaving shop owners with losses running into billions of naira.
According to a report by Daily Independent Newspaper, the inferno that razed the market was the second in three months, the first one last December affected mainly the furniture section.
It was further reported that no fewer than 6,000 shops including make shift stalls were wiped out by yesterday’s fire which raged for about 12 hours.
A nearby branch of First Bank was also affected with several documents burnt.It was also reported that the fire was ignited after an electric spark in a patent medicine store close to the Hamza Abdullahi gate of the market complex at about 12.25am yesterday, destroying goods and cash.
Fire fighters reportedly battled to put out the fire while the police, assisted by personnel of the Security and Civil Defence Corps and Hisbah cordoned off the area to prevent hoodlums from taking advantage of the chaotic situation to pilfer goods.
