Arising from a sensitisation meeting with relevant stakeholders in the forestry business, where it was revealed that some members of the public and marshals of the previously disbanded task-force are still posing as working for the new task-force, therfore, the Ant-Deforestation Taskforce has called members of the public to desist from doing business with such persons.
Accordingly, the Chairman of ATF has in a disclaimer issued yesterday, called on the securities in the state to with I media effect arrest such impostors while admonishing members of the society not to have any dealings with them.
The circular reads thus:
Date: 09-02-2020.
DISCLAIMER! DISCLAIMER!! DISCLAIMER!!!
It has come to the attention of the new Ant-Deforestation Taskforce (ATF) that some unscrupulous persons have been parading themselves to the public as working with the Taskforce. It has also been brought to the knowledge of the new Taskforce that some persons who operated as MARSHALLS in the former Taskforce are still making representations to the public and masquerading as working for the new Taskforce.
The said persons have been mounting illegal checkpoints along the highways without due authorization; pretending to be making seizures of truckloads of illegal timber with the sole intent of negotiating deals and releasing such truckloads of timber after collecting monies from notorious illegal timber dealers.
Consequently, the public is hereby notified, that these persons are nothing but impostors and fraud stars. Any person who deals with the said persons on matters pertaining to the operations of the Ant-Deforestation Taskforce (ATF) of Cross River State, does so at his or her own risk.
The kind coorperation of the Nigerian Police and all other appropriate security agencies of government is hereby socilited to effect arrest and prosocute all such defaulters. Please kindly treat as important.
Odey Oyama
(Chairman, Anti – Deforestation Taskforce)
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