The FCT Police Command is taking action against scavengers who are committing criminal acts in Abuja.
CP Sadiq Abubakar, the FCT Police Commissioner, is said to have issued a marching order to Divisional Police Officers to collaborate with FCT environmental agencies to send the scavengers packing from Abuja.
“The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory has given strict directives to all supervisory police officers to synergize with the Abuja Environmental Protection Board and other relevant agencies to rid the capital city of scavengers. He has directed that they be charged in court, arrested, and their loot destroyed,” said DSP Josephine Adeh, the FCT Police Command PPRO.
Recall that the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 7, Kayode Egbetokun, during his familiarization visit to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said that scavenging has been banned within the FCT and that the Command must not allow them to continue to operate.
