3,000 SEX WORKERS ARRESTED IN ABUJA

Three thousand commercial sex workers have been arrested by the
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Special Task Team on City
Cleaning and Management in the last 90 days.
They have been handed over to the Abuja Environmental
Protection Board (AEPB) for prosecution and rehabilitation.
The task team also arrested 2,534 street hawkers and beggars.
One hundred and two strayed animals were removed from illegal
cattle markets in Gudu and other parts of the city during the
period.
The team impounded 4,790 commercial motorcycles, 883 Keke
Napep , 645 unpainted commercial vehicles and 84 illegal
commercial buses.
Assistant Director/Chief Press Secretary (FCT), Muhammad Sule,
spoke yesterday in a statement. He said the FCT Permanent
Secretary, Mr. John Chukwu, an engineer, made the disclosure
after a meeting with the Chairman of the Task Team and the FCT
Police Commissioner, Mr. Wilson Inalegwu, in Abuja.