FCTA taskforce raids illegal BDCs

The task force of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, on Monday, resumed its clampdown on illegal Bureau-De-Change operators at the Wuse Zone 4 area of Abuja.

The task force extended its raid to some red light zones within the Central Business District, burning down places suspected to be illicit and illegal drug colonies.

The FCT Director of Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Attah Ikharo, explained that the task force would have no choice but to continue to make arrests, if the operators refused to work within the provisions of the law.

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.

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.

(Punch)