By Daniel Tyokua
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Malam Muhammad Bello has called on the agencies saddled with the responsibility of maintaining sanity in the city to continue with the stringent steps that would flush out suspected criminals.
He said with the support from combined security operatives, cases of squatters in highbrow areas that become security threats would be tackled.
Bello through his Senior Special Assistant on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Ikharo Attah said the administration was winning the fight against ill activities because of the
strong collaboration between various Divisions of the Nigeria Police and Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB).
He said it was commendable that there was budding heavy inter-agency collaboration between the Police and AEPB in tackling the proliferation of squatter settlements used as criminal hideouts in the city.
According to him, the clearing of illegal make shift settlements built on flood plains in Maitama and Wuse Districts of Abuja was achieved because of the Maitama Police Division corporation.
“It is commendable that we have inter agency collaboration between the AEPB and Nigeria Police, going around Maitama axis, clearing shanties and criminal hideouts.
“They are doing a wonderful job across the Maitama District, that is why the Minister really insists on.
“This is what the FCT Minister, Mallam Muhammad Musa Bello have canvassed, and already insisted on it, going forward that within the confines of government, there should be heavy inter agency collaboration”.
Head, Monitoring and enforcement, AEPB, Kaka Bello, said the collaboration is inline with the Board’s continuous effort to ensure that the city is clean and safe for the inhabitants.
