With just seven days to the Eid-el-Kabir festival, some ram sellers have lost their rams to the Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit which raided their stalls and confiscated dozens of rams.

Olaide Agboola, the Chief Superintendent of Police (CSP) who led the team, said the ram owners were trading in prohibited areas in state.

Agboola said that the State Ministry of Agriculture had designated some locations for sale of rams in the state but the owners, instead of making use of those places, had converged at Ijora Olopa.

The CSP said the traders refused to relocate from the place despite officials from the unit giving them a 24-hour deadline to vacate the place.

“We have told them that Lagos State Government will not tolerate littering the state with waste; they should go and sell their rams in designated areas. I will make sure that not a single ram remains in this place today. This will serve as a lesson to other traders,“ he said.

The ram sellers, however, denied they were notified that their sales point was prohibited. They also claimed that the Enforcement Unit did not give them any notice.

They appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to release the rams.

Speaking on Monday, Muhammed Mudi, leader of the ram sellers, said that they were not expecting the officials since they had had approached an official of the Ministry of Agriculture who gave them permission to sell rams at the location.

“An official from Agriculture Ministry gave us permission to use this place, but I was surprised when I heard that he had been arrested,” he said. “These ram sellers came from Sokoto State and they are not aware of the relocation order.

“That is why we are appealing to the governor to allow us to make our sales here this year; we promise not to bring our rams here next year.”

Mudi said that the task force came to the market and carted away their rams in trucks..


http://telegraphng.com/2013/10/lagos-government-detains-sallah-rams/?utm_source=&utm_medium=twitter

Lagos state, this is akin to daylight robbery. Return the rams to their owners.

They 'll be released later

Why does it always have to do with Lagos state when it comes to things like this...? you go arrest ram, persecute citizens, come deport non Lagosians, na wa oo, Eko Onile

Na wa for Fashola men o..

Dis is daylight robbery nau.. Mtchew

I drove past d place yesterday when d thing dey happen. If u see as dem imprison ram...kai,I love my country.....those rams were going to jail

lmao


Btw, why is MacLatunji no more a mod?

lolz

Free sallah ram for the police

maclatunji: Lagos state, this is akin to daylight robbery. Return the rams to their owners.

How are you, my friend?

Lagos is NOT a no man's land where you can just come and do as you wish.

We should all take note of this.

Are the cattles his Igbo associates gave him not enough? Now he wants to steal ram from these Hausa people. Beware of Boko Haram retaliation, Maclatunji is aware of your actions.

Virgin Finder: Lagos is NOT a no man's land where you can just come and do as you wish.

We should all take note of this.

Na your ancestors get Lagos...?

Fashola and his cohorts want to use these rams 4 sercrifice. End dey say shall never wonder!

After releasing d rams am so sure that the big ones will be missing....lol
this action alone will lead to high cost of ram in lagos dis year... I go buy my own from kano shikenan!!!

that is what he want to use for sallah too.

share it among the ogas we no get money to buy 5=6 rams

Lagos State Government is a Den of Thieves

Lagos is fast turning a mega city...you don hear say them dey drag ram along the street in developd countries..let everytin be done in order.pls lasg av given u a space go there.#simple.
eko o ni ba je o..

Government need ur ram

ziddy: Lagos State Government is a Den of Thieves

tell me the state in Nigeria where i will find saint ? Talk better next time bro.
Eko oni bajeeeeee ooooooo

No place for impunity in Lagos State. Follow the rules or go back to your village.

This Lagos state sha want to turn to Lagos to Mega City, by creating lot more poverty. when it comes to such laws, eject all okadas, within 24hrs, it will take effect, clear a popular market, it is done quickly.

They fail to realise that we the poeple too have expectations from them that they have failed to fulfill. We expect good roads, security, power, etc they have done none. Very soon, we will ask too. I can categorically say at the point that this Govtment is anti-people, though they always justtify with they do what they do. I wonder how you will raid ram market, steal all the ram, use it for sallah. Allah is watching you guys on 12D.

sure way: Lagos is fast turning a mega city...you don hear say them dey drag ram along the street in developd countries..let everytin be done in order.pls lasg av given u a space go there.#simple.
eko o ni ba je o..

If you think this guy is a bigot like this post.

Na wah oo. I am so sure those rams will not be complete by the time the police returns them to their owners.

Virgin Finder: Lagos is NOT a no man's land where you can just come and do as you wish.

We should all take note of this.

Noted

.abeg if na joke stop am o. make una free them their thing (aboki no de like rough play)

Rams should be sold in designated areas. That is how an area in my street was suddenly converted to a ram market until the police division closeby put a stop to it. We should try to keep the laws.

That said, make government forgive them and return the rams. They are quite expensive.

Lobatan!

stagger: Rams should be sold in designated areas. That is how an area in my street was suddenly converted to a ram market until the police division closeby put a stop to it. We should try to keep the laws.

That said, make government forgive them and return the rams. They are quite expensive.

“An official from Agriculture Ministry gave us permission to use this place, but I was surprised when I heard that he had been arrested,” he said. “These ram sellers came from Sokoto State and they are not aware of the relocation order.


Did you read that part of the Report....?

I abhor indiscipline among Nigerians. particularly lagosians... selling on the road, throwing waste products on the highway @ all. we need discipline to move forward.

eddiebruk:

Na your ancestors get Lagos...?

Yes...