Butchers Stab Taskforce Officials Over Clamp-Down On Illegal Abattoirs

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.
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