Reno Omokri, a former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, has reached out to a victim of the Onitsha fire outbreak.
Mr Omokri, on Thursday, posted a picture on Twitter showing the aftermath of the fire.
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He singled out a man wearing a red shirt and standing in front of a burnt shop.
The former presidential aide called for help to locate the man so he could offer assistance in any form.
“Can anyone help me identify the young man in red? Please if you know him or are him, reach me. There is hope. I can’t say what form the hope will take publicly, but there is hope. Treat as urgent and important. Please scammers, fear God and restrain yourselves,” Omokri wrote.
Three persons were said to have been killed, including a mother and her child, on Wednesday after a fuel tanker fell and went up in flames at MCC Bus stop near Toronto Hospital, Upper-Iweka, Onitsha.
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Many houses along Iweka Road were burnt, some parts of Ochanja Market were affected while about six houses and vehicles were razed.
Reports say that it took over an hour for its neighbouring state’s fire service arrive at the location because of the distance and traffic on River Niger bridge and the Onitsha-Benin highway.
The Delta State Fire Service, on arrival, met a group of angry protesters, who threatened to burn the emergency vehicles for being late.
