Men of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade, on Tuesday, stormed the Building Material International Market Ogidi, near Onitsha and demolished shanties and illegal structures housing hoodlums and criminals in the area.
These criminal elements have been terrorizing residents and traders who come to do transactions in the market, and sometimes kidnapping, maiming and robbing innocent citizens.
The Managing Director of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra (OCHA) Brigade, Comrade Celestine Anere disclosed this in a statement in Awka, Anambra state capital on Wednesday.
He said the operation was carried out by a special enforcement team of OCHA Brigade to chase away all the criminals operating within Ogidi and Ogbunike axis of the State.
Anere stated that the special enforcement team commenced operation clean Anambra on Tuesday to remove all illegal structures and chase criminal elements in their hideout in order to restore sanity in the state.
According to him, these criminals terrorizing the area have been maiming and committing all kinds of heinous crimes on innocent citizens and business owners plying the road.
Anere stated that several incidences of crimes like kidnapping and carjacking had taken over the place.
He also described the spot, as tip-off points for informants of organised crimes in the area.
According to him, the area has continued to be a nightmare for business owners who occasionally fall victim of arm robbery, kidnapping and theft.
“The dismantling of these shanties and illegal structures will also aid the free flow of water through the canals as these structures were constructed on waterways which has obstructed the drainage system. Aside from the above stated, it will help reduce traffic and decongest the area for smooth vehicular movement.
“Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra; Ocha Brigade will continue to ensure that the state is safe and conducive for Gov. Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s agenda on green, clean, healthy, livable and prosperous homeland.”
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