Standup9ja: Task force to arrest Anambra “baby dumpers”

Standup9ja: Task force to arrest Anambra “baby dumpers”

Idemili north local government area of Anambra has a problem—indiscriminate dumping of corpses of newborn babies.

Chairman of the council areas transition committee, Raphael Nnabuife has threatened arrests for suspects.

A special task force has been set up to monitor improper refuse disposal of refuse bins in the area, and prosecute in a sanitation court.

Addressing a meeting of landlords associations, market leaders and All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA leaders from the area at the council secretariat, Nnabuife disclosed that the task force have been deployed to all nooks and crannies in the area to carry out the assignment with all seriousness it deserves.

He described the act as immorality and environmental pollution, particularly when the babies or other refuse bins are dumped without tying the bag containing the body or refuse, to make it easier for the environmental workers to pick them up.

The council boss also warned that the task force team who might either be in uniform or mufti would arrest scavengers who open or untie such tied bags containing the refuse bins in search of valuable items to sell, thus scattering the bins.

"Inasmuch as I am not against scavenging, anyone who wishes to scavenge should go to the final waste disposal sites located at  either Nkwelle-Ezunaka or Owerri road, Onitsha and do the scavenging,” he stated.

Responding, the chairman of Nkpor Central landlords Association, Frank Obi; Secretary of Old Motor Spare Parts Asssociation, David Eze and Chairman of United Stockfish Dealers Association, Dennis Anyaduba, commended  the council boss for kick-starting enlightenment campaign aimed at ensuring environmental cleanliness in the area and urged him not to relent.