The FCTA Task Force on City Sanitation was again attacked at Katampe Extension, Abuja, during an exercise to remove shanties and other illegal structures in the area.
An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) attached to the team was assaulted and bitten and swallowed by a woman who owns one of the structures removed by the team.
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The officer who bled profusely was rushed to the hospital while the aggressor was arrested and taken to the Gwarinpa Police Station.
The Senior Special Assistant to the FCT Minister on Monitoring, Inspection and Enforcement, Comrade Ikharo Attah, while reacting to the assault, said, “Attack on the task force is normal in our operation. The security lady that was bitten by the other woman was very civil. We will leave the police to do their job.”
He reiterated the commitment of the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammad Bello, in ridding the nation’s capital of shanties and all other illegal structures on road corridors, especially in highbrow areas and under high tension cables.