Eid Kabir: FCTA Set To Seek Forfeiture Order On Rams Selling At Illegal Markets

As Muslims faithful across the globe are preparing for the Eid
Kabir celebration, the chairman, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, Mr Ikharo Attah, on
Friday, declared that the administration would be seeking
forfeiture orders against livestock traders conducting businesses
on major road corridors in the nation’s capital.

He also warned them to desist from such acts, as his committee
would not hesitate to take legal actions against violators.

Attah, who gave this warning while leading his team on a raid of
an illegal ram market around Dutse Alhaji, said the administration
had sacked the market in the past, vowing to confiscate rams found
in any illegal market in Abuja while the owners would be prosecuted
in courts.

According to him: “We want to get the ram selling very organised
but we found out that people appear not to be willing to sell rams
in an organised manner. We have given them points where they can
sell rams so that those who want to buy will do so and sacrifice to
Allah in line with the teachings of Islam.

“What we did today, we saw that the rams came and we rushed
there but before we got there, they had evacuated the rams and ran
away. We want to insist that everyone who wants to sell rams in
this city must do that in only designated areas.

“We have the Dei-Dei ram market, the Kugbo ram market and all
the abattoirs in Abuja which also have their ram markets attached
and some few designated selling points in the city centre,” he
stated.

Reacting to the sudden reappearance of ram sellers in the area,
the Head of Monitoring and Inspection, Abuja Environmental
Protection Board (AEPB), Mr Kaka Bello, said the administration
would re-enforce the evacuation order on the illegal market.

He asked the livestock sellers to move to the designated
markets, warning that the FCTA will not condone situations where
people take advantage of festive periods to litter the streets and
road corridors with livestock.

As Muslims faithful across the globe are preparing for the Eid
Kabir celebration, the chairman, Federal Capital Territory (FCT)
Ministerial Committee on City Sanitation, Mr Ikharo Attah, on
Friday, declared that the administration would be seeking
forfeiture orders against livestock traders conducting businesses
on major road corridors in the nation’s capital.

He also warned them to desist from such acts, as his committee
would not hesitate to take legal actions against violators.

Attah, who gave this warning while leading his team on a raid of
an illegal ram market around Dutse Alhaji, said the administration
had sacked the market in the past, vowing to confiscate rams found
in any illegal market in Abuja while the owners would be prosecuted
in courts.

According to him: “We want to get the ram selling very organised
but we found out that people appear not to be willing to sell rams
in an organised manner. We have given them points where they can
sell rams so that those who want to buy will do so and sacrifice to
Allah in line with the teachings of Islam.

“What we did today, we saw that the rams came and we rushed
there but before we got there, they had evacuated the rams and ran
away. We want to insist that everyone who wants to sell rams in
this city must do that in only designated areas.

“We have the Dei-Dei ram market, the Kugbo ram market and all
the abattoirs in Abuja which also have their ram markets attached
and some few designated selling points in the city centre,” he
stated.

Reacting to the sudden reappearance of ram sellers in the area,
the Head of Monitoring and Inspection, Abuja Environmental
Protection Board (AEPB), Mr Kaka Bello, said the administration
would re-enforce the evacuation order on the illegal market.

He asked the livestock sellers to move to the designated
markets, warning that the FCTA will not condone situations where
people take advantage of festive periods to litter the streets and
road corridors with livestock.