 Repairs on the damaged equipped bridge are yet to commence after the fire incident. The bridge is still being cut off while motorists use alternative routes. A correspondent Paul George reports. At the point of the fire incident, the makeshift shops made from containers have been cleared out, according to the government's directive. However, some traders hang around under the bridge displaying their scanty ways, why some look on. We have heard of some markets affected by the fire were compensated. The market is burnt already and we don't have money to rent another shop elsewhere. We still want to maintain these customers we have here. If we are chased away from here, there will be no hope for us again. They lost about five million naira in the fire. Almost to something million. Nobody, since that time, when they have a government, maybe they would have to figure out something. Like now, we don't get where to stay. Even though it seems we have to buy market now, we don't have to stay to sell anything. There is no any manage, except my colleagues that are inside markets. When customers say they need something, I will go and meet them. Back then, they should give me. They give me, I will return their money back to them. We don't know where we stand for now. They should please, we are pleading. They should help us. Tuke Dusumu is the market leader in charge of the section gutted by fire. She appeals to the government for an urgent support for the traders who lost all their life investment in the inferno. Whoever gets a loan from the bank should go to the police station to lay a complaint and get a report. They should also go to the fire service office to get a report, put them together and take them to the bank they are indebted to. Some of the victims lost 60 million, some 40 million. We have vacated government's property immediately and the place cleared. But I would like to appeal to the government to have mercy on us and help us. While it is not clear when the damaged bridge will be repaired, there are fears it is not abandoned like some others as it is one of the major links into other towns in the state. Paul George, Plus TV News.