Officials of Lagos State Environment and Special Offences Enforcement Unit have confiscated dozens of rams on display for sale in a prohibited area of the state.
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The task force had chased the ram sellers, who converged at Ijora-Olopa area, and carted their rams to an unknown detention centre.
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The owners of the rams claimed they were unaware that the place was prohibited and also claimed they were not forewarned.
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The ram sellers, with seven days left to the Eid-el- Kabir festival, have appealed to Governor Babatunde Fashola to release the rams. They made the appeal, yesterday, in an interview in Lagos.
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Meanwhile, some Nigerians in border communities of Baruten Local Government Area of Kwara State are buying rams from BeninRepublic barely a week to this year's Eid-el-Kabir.
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According to reports, scores of people were seen carrying rams on motorcycles and vehicles into the country through the various routes linking Nigeria with BeninRepublic.
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Mr. Azeez Kora, a resident, said yesterday in Kosubosu that the price of ram in Paraque, a neighbouring town in Benin, was lower than what obtained in Nigeria.