On Monday, the Federal Capital Territory Administration task force continued its crackdown on unauthorised bureau-de-change operators in Abuja’s Wuse Zone 4 neighbourhood.
The Central Business District’s red light districts were included in the task force’s raid, and there they burned down locations thought to be drug colonies.
Attah Ikharo, the FCT Director of Monitoring, Inspection, and Enforcement, explained that if the operators refused to follow the law’s requirements, the task force would be forced to make more arrests.
Ikharo, who noted that the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello, wanted residents to succeed at their various businesses and enterprises, explained that reports from the intelligence unit of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission worried the authorities, and added that if they did not obey the law, relevant forces might have to be engaged to ensure the sanitising of the industry.
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Commenting on the raid on suspected drug peddler colonies, the director said they had doubled efforts in a bid to ensure a peaceful festive period in the Federal Capital.
“We had to address the issue of insecurity by removing all the shanties around the Bolingo Hotel and the Churchgate buildings” Ikharo said.
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