Task Force Officials Attacked,Stabbed By Butchers In Lagos

      Some officials of the Lagos State
Environmental Sanitation and Special
Offences Unit (Task Force) were weekend
attacked by alleged miscreants during a raid
on illegal abattoirs/slabs at Oshodi and Idi-
Araba area of the state.
The
officials
were said
to have
been
stabbed
with
cutlasses
and
broken
bottles
while
two
Toyota
Hilux
vans and
a Black
Maria
belonging
to the
agency
severely
vandalized by the assailants.
The Public Affairs Officer of the agency, Mr.
Taofiq Adebayo, who confirmed the incident,
said Superintendent of Police, Supol, Wilson
Alaba and a driver Mr. Adekunle Victor were
among security back-up deployed by the
agency to escort officials of Lagos State
Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives
during the raids .The illegal abattoirs were
considered not in line with the statutory
standards as contained in the Lagos State
Environmental Sanitation Laws.
According to Adebayo, the raid was sequel
to information received of some illegal
abattoir and slabs in operation around
Oshodi and Idi-Araba.
The enforcement operations, that had
successfully closed and sealed an illegal
abattoir and slabs at Oshodi, however, met a
stiff resistance from miscreants and
operators at Idi-Araba.
The rampaging miscreants and operators of
the illegal abattoir at Idi-Araba in attempt to
stop the team from carrying out the
exercise came out in large numbers and
attacked them.