The FCT Ministerial Task Force Team on City Sanitation on Wednesday raided places suspected to be safe haven for criminals in Kugbo furniture and Nyanya on the Abuja-Keffi expressway and arrested six suspects.
The Chairman of the team, Mr. Ikharo Attah who led the operation, said the exercise is aimed at tackling reported cases of criminal activities within the area.
He explained that the intensive clean-up would help keep the furniture traders in check especially those that have turned the car park and road shoulders into shops.
Attah stated that part of the drug market in Kugbo known as ‘Bakasi’, was not totally demolished because of the heavy downpour that hindered the machine from going inside the market.
He regretted that part of the primary school land has been taken over by the drug dealers constituting a security threat to residents of the area.
The chairman said, “Considering the significance of reclaiming the area from suspected criminals and drug dealers we were not deterred by the heavy downpour, we removed the shanties, drinking joints and part of the market to ensure sanity.
“We work under the heavy rain but we were able to achieve much, so we can’t be deterred in our quest to cleaning up the Federal Capital Territory.
“The exercise today helps the residents reclaim the school land from criminals. There was a serious encroachment on Kugb school land, by turning it into illegal shops and other things”
The chairman explained that the Nyanya pan-taker market was one of the major security threats especially between Nyanya and Karu valley.
However, the FCTA Secretary of command and control, Peter Olumuji said the removal of the shanties would help to curb criminal activities on the Kugbo-Nyanya axis.
On human abuses, the field commander FCTA Joint Security Taskforce, CSP Idowu Azeez called on the personnel to always respect human rights during the operation.
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