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Not fewer than 3000 commercial sex workers have been arrested by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Special Task Team on City Cleaning and Management in the last 90 days.
In a statement issued on Monday, Assistant Director/Chief Press Secretary (FCT), Muhammad Sule said the sex workers have been handed over to the Abuja Environmental Protection Board (AEPB) for prosecution and rehabilitation.
The task team also said they had arrested 2,534 street hawkers and beggars and that 102 strayed animals were removed from illegal cattle markets in Gudu and other parts of the city during the period.
The team added that it impounded 4,790 commercial motorcycles, 883 Keke Napep, 645 unpainted commercial vehicles and 84 illegal commercial buses.