A combined task force team comprising Kwara State Environmental Protection Agency (KWEPA), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), the state’s Road Traffic Maintenance Agency (KWARTMA) and vigilantes, yesterday, dislodged some 400 traders over alleged environmental infractions.
The traders were allegedly constituting a nuisance at the Post Office area of Ilorin, Kwara State metropolis.
The Guardian learnt that the team arrived in the area at about 1:00 a.m. to cart away the traders’ tables and benches.
According to a source, the operation also extended to the clearing of walkways, hitherto occupied by the traders.
It was gathered that security men also beat up recalcitrant traders.
Confirming the development, the deputy chairman of the traders’ association, Musa Lukman, said the Commissioner for Environment, Shehu Ndanusa, once held meetings with the leadership of the association…
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