Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has ordered the immediate closure of Ariaria Shoe Plaza within the Umuehilegbu Industrial Market following an attack on the personnel and truck of the State Fire Service.

Newsmen reported that the Abia firefighters arrived at the market to put out the inferno which surrounded the ‘Bakassi market,’ a section of the Aba Shoe plaza market and this was followed by an attack from some shoemakers who were said to have been angered by the late arrival of the fire service to the market when the inferno had consumed most of their shops and properties.

The attack has led to the destruction of their vehicle and has caused the injury of most of them but luckily no life was lost in the incident,

In his reacting to the attack on the fire service, Gov. Ikpeazu, in a statement signed by his Chief of Staff, Dr. Anthony Agbazuere, ordered the closure of the market and also suspended the Chairman and all members of Management Committee of the market with a standing order on the Police and other security agencies to arrest all perpetrators of the act.

The Aba Zonal Commander of the Abia State Fire Service, Mr. Okezie Uche, revealed that they narrowly escaped death following the attack on them by the shoemakers.