{"id":70081,"date":"2025-07-09T13:43:45","date_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:43:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70081"},"modified":"2025-07-09T13:43:45","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T13:43:45","slug":"wike-launches-crackdown-on-begging-scavenging-crime-in-abuja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/09\/wike-launches-crackdown-on-begging-scavenging-crime-in-abuja\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Launches Crackdown on Begging, Scavenging, Crime in Abuja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a move to restore order and enhance security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike has launched a sweeping clampdown on street begging, scavenging, illegal trading, and criminal activity in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The directive, announced through a statement by Lere Olayinka, the Minister\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and Social Media, introduced Operation Sweep Abuja Clean; a coordinated campaign aimed at eliminating public nuisances and threats to the city\u2019s security and aesthetics.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbuja is not a dumping ground for destitution or lawlessness,\u201d Wike declared, vowing zero tolerance for street beggars, scavengers, roadside traders, and criminal elements such as the notorious \u201cone chance\u201d syndicates and drug dealers.<\/p>\n<p>Citing the Abuja Environmental Protection Act and related laws, the minister ordered the immediate removal of individuals involved in street begging, illegal trading, scavenging, and other disruptive or criminal acts.<\/p>\n<p>A Joint Task Force comprising multiple agencies has been deployed across the FCT to enforce the order. Offenders will be arrested, profiled, and repatriated to their states of origin.<\/p>\n<p>Wike urged residents to support the initiative, describing public safety as a collective duty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s make Abuja safer and more respectable. Report suspicious activities,\u201d he said, providing two hotline numbers: 080615819xx and 080320039xx.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal In a move to restore order and enhance security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Minister Nyesom Wike has launched a sweeping clampdown on street begging, scavenging, illegal trading, and criminal activity in Abuja. The directive, announced through a statement by Lere Olayinka, the Minister\u2019s Senior Special Assistant on Public Communications and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":70082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-70081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70081\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70083,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70081\/revisions\/70083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}