The incessant harassment by members of the State Task Force, set up by the Rivers State Government, is generating reactions from members of the public.
The Sarki Hausa Port Harcourt and Chairman, Arewa Council of Chiefs South-South and South-East, Alhaji Isa Madaki, led a delegation of leaders of the Hausa Traditional Welfare Association of Port Harcourt, to the office of the Secretary to the State Government, Dr. Tammy Wenike Danagogo , on March 19, to draw the attention of the State Government to the incessant harassment, which has allegedly resulted in the death of one 75 years old Alhaji Yusuf Ladin.
On his part, Danagogo, while commiserating with the delegation over the demise of their member, stressed the need for members of the public to obey extant Laws to ensure peace and development in the state.
He said, the task force on Illegal Street Trading, Illegal Markets and Illegal Motor Parks, was set up to sanitize the streets of Port Harcourt and return it to its Garden City status.
He called on the Hausa Community to remain calm as the Police are investigating the matter, and the outcome according to him, would be made public by the Police.
“I know that most bureau d change operators are responsible but when some of their members always hang around the hotel Presidential road, other miscreants have now joined them to deface the environment and commit atrocities’, he observed.
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