Operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra Brigade have demolished shanties and illegal structures at the Building Materials International Market in Ogidi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.
Managing Director, OCHAB, Celestine Anere, said it was to clear illegal structures used by criminals in the locality.
Anere said that criminal elements have been terrorising residents and traders who come to trade in the market and sometimes kidnapped innocent citizens.
He said the operation was carried out by the Special Enforcement Team of the Brigade to chase away all the criminals operating within Ogidi and Ogbunike axis.
According to him, this Special Enforcement Team commenced “Operation clean Anambra” on Tuesday to get rid of all illegal structures in the markets in order to restore sanity in the state.
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Anere said: “These illegal structures have become hideouts for criminal elements, terrorising the area and committing all kinds of crimes on innocent citizens and business owners plying the road.
“The several incidences of crimes like kidnapping and snatching of cars had taken place at those axis.
“They have become tipoff points for informants of organised crimes in the area.”
Anere stressed that the area has continued to be a nightmare for business owners who occasionally fall victims to armed robbery, kidnapping and theft.
He further said that dismantling of these shanties and illegal structures would also aid the free-flow of water through the canals as these structures were constructed on waterways which have obstructed the drainage system.
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