The Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory Special Task Team on Abuja Environmental Protection, retired Sqn. Ldr. Abdullahi Monje, has warned that street hawkers and beggars would be prosecuted and jailed.
Monje gave the warning on Monday during a “show of force” by the task force at Jabi and Wuse Districts of Abuja.
He said that the period of grace given to street beggars and hawkers had elapsed, hence the need to enforce the relevant laws.
“We have already given them the benefit of the doubt and now the time has elapsed. What is left now is to enforce the relevant municipal laws.
“Anybody we arrest will be taken to court and prosecuted accordingly.
“If somebody refuses to comply with the rules and regulations based on what we have said, then we will arrest the person accordingly.
“As a matter of fact, we don’t want hawkers and beggars within the city centre of Abuja. They should keep away from the streets of Abuja,’’ he said.
Monje also said that the task force would focus on Keke Napep and unpainted taxi operators in the second phase of their cleanup campaign.
“The phase two is Keke Napep; then unpainted taxis. However, we don’t want to start with unpainted taxis, Keke Napep riders now.
“We want to give adequate time for sensitisation, so that by the time we start impounding, nobody will say ‘I didn’t know," he warned.
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