By Dauda Pam
Borno State Police Command has banned street begging in Maiduguri city and establishes a mobile court to prosecute violators.
Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Usman Usmobik Sadiq, in a press statement, warned street beggars within the capital city to “stop forthwith or face the wrath of the law.”
“The Borno State Police Command wishes to inform the public especially beggars and idle youths who solicit for money on the road, that a mobile court has been established by the Borno State government to prosecute anyone caught in the act of street begging and sundry vices within the metropolis especially at roundabouts and traffic light stands,”.
According to the statement, the commissioner has advised those involved in the “brazen acts of public nuisance” which contravenes the relevant provisions of the penal code and other extant laws of Borno State, to desist from such acts or face prosecution.
And that the ban on street begging takes effect from Monday 6th August, warned that any person or persons found engaging in the act will be “arrested and prosecuted accordingly.”
The police said they would not fold their arms and allow “unscrupulous elements” to jeopardise the relative peace and security experienced in the state and further warned parents and guardians to monitor and control their children or “face the anger of law.”
The PPRO explained that the decision to ban street begging was taken following the inauguration of the empowerment scheme that doled out N30, 000 to unemployed youths last week by Governor BABAGANA Umara Zulum of Borno State.
