The military has banned transportation of fish in commercial quantity along Maiduguri -Monguno -Baga Road.
A statement signed by Deputy Director Army Public Relations, Theatre Command, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu said this ban was reiterated by the Theatre Command of Operation,Lafiya Dole.
According to the command’s spokesman, the ban came on the heels of findings that “ most of the fish or its proceeds end up in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents, thus providing logistics replenishment for the insurgents.”
The statement Friday said “It has been observed that following the reopening of Maiduguri -Monguno -Baga Road, the illicit act of fish smuggling has been on the increase. Unfortunately most of the fish or its proceeds end up in the hands of Boko Haram insurgents, thus providing logistics replenishment for the insurgents.
“In view of this untoward development, the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole wishes to remind the general public that the ban on transportation of fish in commercial quantity along the aforementioned route is still very much in force and defaulters will be arrested and sanctioned. Only subsistence fishing for inhabitants’ consumption is permitted.”
