Lagos Detains Rams Seven Days To Sallah

file photo: a ram market in Lagos

Dozens of rams on display for sale in a prohibited area of Lagos State has
been confiscated by officials of the State Environment and Special
Offences Enforcement Unit.
The task force
were said to
have chased the ram sellers, who converged at Ijora-Olopa area, before
carting away their rams to an unknown detention centre.
The owners of the rams, who claimed they were unaware that the place
was prohibited and also claimed they were not forewarned, have therefore
appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to release the rams, with the Eid-
el-Kabir festival just seven days away.
Reacting to the seizure of the rams, Mr. Muhammed Mudi, leader of the
ram sellers, expressed shock, saying the situation was embarrassing.

Mudi said they were not expecting the officials since they had approached
an official of the Ministry of Agriculture, who gave them permission.

Mr. Olaide Agboola, Chief Superintendent of Police, who led the team,
however said the State Ministry of Agriculture had designated some
locations for sale of rams in the state.

Agboola said that he had sent some officers to Ijora on Sunday, who gave
the ram sellers a 24-hour deadline to vacate the place.