By Daniel Tyokua
The Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) said it has begun crack down on revenue thieves in the council.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant on Community Development to the council chairman, Yunusa Yusuf, yesterday.
Yusuf explained that the combined security Joint Task force of AMAC, had raided a garden, near Wuse market at the weekend and chased out ‘self appointed tax collectors’ with 10 suspects arrested.
The statement explained that the arrest followed efforts of the Task force in combing black spots, where unauthorized tax collectors use the name of AMAC and fake receipts to swindle members of the public within the Council, especially in mobile advert revenue.
It revealed that the suspects mostly male, had turned the garden directly opposite the popular Wuse market main entrance gate into their hideout for criminal acts.
Yusuf said the team would stop at nothing in riding the entire Council of criminal elements that threaten revenue and the peace of the Abuja Municipal Area Council and its residents.
He disclosed that items recovered from them include fake AMAC jackets with inscriptions of AMAC Taskforce, fake AMAC receipts, AMAC ID cards, illicit drugs and charms.
According to him, the 10 suspects would be profiled and handed over to appropriate authorities for necessary actions.
