The Commissioner of Police for the Federal Capital Territory, Tunji Disu, has warned scavengers, popularly referred to as Baba Bola, to desist from destroying authorities infrastructure or face the complete wrath of the regulation.
Along with focusing on residents’ properties made from iron, scavengers have broken many streetlights and eliminated manholes, amongst different authorities property throughout the nation’s capital.
Throughout an unannounced go to to scavengers’ colonies within the FCT on Wednesday, Disu warned market leaders that anybody aiding scavengers in destroying authorities infrastructure, both by shopping for or promoting stolen supplies, wouldn’t be spared.
He mentioned, “I’ve simply resumed and have had briefing after briefing by officers and the administration workforce. In each briefing, everybody talked about the ‘pantakers’ and the ‘Baba Bolas.’ They mentioned if we are able to checkmate them, possibly we’ll be capable of carry down crime. Now we have began engaged on it by coming right here to see what they promote.
“Destroying authorities infrastructure is sabotage. Anybody arrested will face the complete wrath of the regulation. Now we have began collaborating with our sister companies, and we’re all in settlement to make sure that this is dropped at an finish. It received’t be enterprise as ordinary. Those that wish to sabotage authorities infrastructure and steal properties—something made from iron or wires belonging to people—they may have us to take care of.”
The Chairman of the Gwarinpa Pantaker Affiliation, Bashir Lawal, promised to cooperate with the brand new Commissioner of Police, as he pledged to report any of his members with questionable behaviour to the police.
On October 19, 2024, the command denied the alleged arrest and illegal detention of a minor by officers from the Kubwa Police Division.
A press release by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, famous that stories circulating on social media about officers of the command arresting and unlawfully detaining a minor are deceptive.
Based on the spokesperson, the command solely obeyed a court docket order and acted inside the ambit of the regulation.
