Following the spate of safety crises within the nation’s capital, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Thursday threatened to shut down illegal motor parks throughout the territory.
The Minister of the FCT, Nyesom Wike, made this identified throughout a chat with journalists in his workplace whereas reacting to the actions of ‘one-chance’ robbers within the capital metropolis.
Media Talk Africa stories that there was a sequence of reported circumstances of ‘one-chance’ theft, kidnapping and different legal actions within the territory.
The safety scenario has instilled concern in some residents because the legal components who disguise themselves as industrial car operators to rob or kidnap unsuspecting victims proceed their assaults.
Speaking on steps taken to date to deal with the safety disaster, the minister mentioned a joint activity drive on cross-border crimes was arrange final week to deal with the safety menace referred to as ‘one-chance’ theft.
“We’re getting a lot of reports about kidnappings here, about one-chance there,” Wike mentioned.
“In most cases, we don’t even let the public know what has been done. I can tell you the security agencies have done quite a lot. If not, by now, the FCT would have been a different thing.
“One of the areas we identified is that the FCT is at the centre – we have Niger State, we have Kogi State, we have Nasarawa State, we have Kaduna State. And if you check these four states, these four states are states that experience banditry and kidnapping from time to time.
“And we discovered that most of the areas that they (criminals) stay are shanties and uncompleted buildings, and that is why we say we cannot allow these uncompleted buildings where criminals have made their place of abode.
“Bring down all these uncompleted buildings which have turned to shanties and they will have nowhere to hide.”
“Just last week, we set up a task force on those states that we have borders with and one-chance. Joint security task force including the SSS, the police, the army, the navy, and they have identified the way they will operate.
“To tell you that we are concerned. That is why we have to set up this joint task force for one-chance and border control.
“Again, you see a lot of illegal motor parks. When we come up with a policy that we can’t allow these illegal motor parks, people will come up to say the economy is hard, things are tough but nobody wants to look at it from the security implication.
“We are also planning to shut down some of these illegal motor parks.”